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Superman

2011-12-30T22:52:16Z

192.249.47.196: /* Notes */ not relevant to TF canon

'''Superman''' is a powerful being.

==Fiction==
===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
[[Ginrai]] compared the power granted by [[transtector]]s to that of Superman, noting that people would want to use such power beyond the constraints of society. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}}

===''Transformers'' film===

[[Robert Epps]] referred to the [[United States Air Force]]'s Combat Control as "Superman School". {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

==Notes==
* [[Optimus Primal]]'s rescue of the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]] in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Victory (episode)|Victory]]" was an homage to a traditional Superman rescue, complete with "Is it a bird?" "Maybe a plane?" and some very Superman-esque musical cues.
* Numerous ''Transformers'' voice actors have voiced the Man of Steel over the years. [[Beau Weaver]] voiced him in the Ruby-Spears 1988 ''Superman'' cartoon, [[Michael Daingerfield]] voiced him in the pilot episode of ''Krypto the Superdog'', [[Crispin Freeman]] voiced him in the ''Justice League: Heroes'' video game, [[Jason Marsden]] had voiced a teenage Superman in ''Superman: The Animated Series'', [[Adam Baldwin]] voiced him in the ''Superman: Doomsday'' DVD movie and the ''DC Universe Online'' MMORPG, [[David Kaye]] voiced him in the toy pack-in DVD ''DC Super Friends'', [[David Lodge]] voiced him in the motion comic, ''Red Son'', and [[Nolan North]] voices him in ''Young Justice''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Superman''' (スーパーマン ''Sūpāman'')

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Superman|Superman]] at Wikipedia

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[[Category:Superheroes]]

Soundwave (SG)

2011-12-27T16:11:04Z

192.249.47.196: /* Recordicons */

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon|his evil counterpart|Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a heroic [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Soundwave buzzsaw shattered glass.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Poor Soundwave; even in a mirror universe he's still in Megatron's shadow.]]
Sir '''Soundwave''' is a righteous dude! He and his gnarly [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]—[[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak]], [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw]], [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]], [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]] and [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]]—bring the good vibrations to [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron's]] fight against the totally heinous [[Autobot]]s! He is sometimes known as '''Monstroso, the Robot Horror from Beyond'''.

{{quote|You dudes may be numerous, but there's one thing you don't know. I have no mouth... Yet I must ''rock''.|Soundwave. How can you not love this guy?|"[[Eye in the Sky]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
As the [[Decepticon]]s followed [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]]'s plan to disable the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launching platform, Soundwave was among the ground forces that followed Starscream, [[Divebomb (SG)|Divebomb]] and [[Whisper (SG)|Whisper]]'s initial assault. Later in the battle he was seen assisting the injured [[Slugslinger (SG)|Slugslinger]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

When the Autobots tried to take the [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump from the [[Decepticon]]s and it was starting to look bleak, Soundwave called in the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]] as the "cavalry". {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Starscream reported to Soundwave that the [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]] were missing. Soundwave checked the security tapes, but found only minor glitches. The two [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinocons]] were soon discovered, having transformed into octaltrack data cartridges.

When boarding the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] assigned Soundwave to the comm. Soundwave brought with him his usual complement of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|tapes]] as well as the newcomers Slugfest and Overkill.

Soundwave manned the comm throughout the clash with the ''Ark''. He volunteered to stay and help Starscream guide the damaged Nemesis down to [[Earth]], but Cliffjumper insisted that Soundwave seek the safety of an escape pod, because he would need to communicate with Cybertron about their situation. {{storylink|Do Over}}
[[Image:DH Soundwave SG.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Ryu Street Fighter superior!]]]
Before the ''Nemesis'' crash-landed on Earth, Soundwave jettisoned in an escape pod, but went into [[stasis lock]] when it landed. [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] found him at a scenic spot named [[Wyatt's Roadsideaganza]] and reactivated the escape pod's systems and the on-board scanner, which [[scanning|scanned]] a vehicle nearby for Soundwave and reactivated him. Soundwave tore a flag from a nearby pole and used it as his [[wikipedia:Hachimaki|hachimaki]], then detonated the stasis pod as the pair of them set out to find their fallen comrades. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

Soundwave and Heatwave tracked down the ''Nemesis'' crash site, inadvertently hooking up with [[Professor Arkeville]] and his students who were also out looking to see what had crashed. Soundwave quickly befriended them and defended the humans in general against Cliffjumper's complaints about the ship being shot down. He and the other Decepticons were disappointed when it turned out that the Autobots had survived the crash of the ''Ark'' as well, and had commandeered the humans' [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite|orbital laser]]. [[Will Hayes|Will]], [[Rick Ottman|Rick]] and Soundwave disguised themselves as ice cream delivery and infiltrated [[Burpleson Air Force Base]], which the Autobots had taken over. While Heatwave broke into the base in a more conventional manner, Soundwave kept the Autobots busy while his comrade talked to the orbital laser control system. Everyone got clear before the control system used the orbiting laser to destroy the base. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

[[Image:SGSoundwave&BlasterFight BlitzwingBop.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
For his various heroic deeds, he was knighted and given the title Sir Soundwave. Shortly thereafter, he attended a [[Misfits]]/[[Cold Slither (band)|Cold Slither]] concert. After Heatwave was lost in an Autobot [[Stellar Spanner]] experiment, Soundwave realized that an [[oPod]] that Will had installed in [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]]'s systems was broadcasting on an Autobot frequency. Unfortunately Blitzwing's broadcast began to spread to Decepticons frequencies, though naturally Soundwave was immune, and went looking for the triple changer so they could surgically remove the oPod. He briefly located Blitzwing at [[Wyatt's Roadsideaganza]], before his target fled in jet mode. Eventually [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] spotted a [[Yatter]] update pointing to a particular alleyway, and arrived just as [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]] found Blitzwing. Soundwave and Blaster fought, until they were interrupted by the arrival of [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]] who arrested Soundwave for a transmission he made four million solar cycles ago. Soundwave managed to talk him into suspending the arrest on a technicality and tracked Blaster down as he was preparing to send Blitzwing to Cybertron using the Stellar Spanner. After Soundwave tricked Blaster into confessing a crime, Thunderwing attempted to arrest the Autobot, allowing Soundwave free reign to rescue Blitzwing. They returned to base, where Thunderwing sentenced Soundwave to 500 hours community service. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

The Decepticons got their own Stellar Spanner working, and Soundwave was overjoyed to discover that Heatwave had survived his trip to Cybertron. Soundwave was among the Decepticons who attended the unveiling of [[R.J. Blackrock]]'s new [[Mega-Rig]] and found himself facing a group of Autobots who attacked the ceremony. When following the attack [[Sephie Beller]] had herself augmented with Cybertronian technology, Starscream and Soundwave were concerned for their human ally, but she reacted badly to Starscream confining her to base, and Soundwave sent Ravage to talk to her. She had already gone to attack the Autobots, and when the Decepticons went to help, they stepped into an Autobot trap. With the Decepticons bound, the Autobots prepared a firing squad, and were going to shoot Soundwave first to stop the electronic jamming when Soundwave pointed out it wasn't ''him'' doing the jamming. The arrival of Blackrock piloting a [[Centurion (SG)|Centurion]] mech kept the Autobots distracted, and Soundwave freed himself using high-frequency vibrations. Unfortunately before he could do anything, Blackrock knocked him out with an EMP blast. He recovered in time to watch Sephie destroy the Centurion, and took Sephie and Rick back to base. He was disappointed when Sephie turned down a spot on the Decepticon team, though unbeknownst to him, she took the opportunity to copy his [[power chip rectifier]] before leaving. {{storylink|Transhuman}}

===Recordicons===
While hiding outside a [[Taco Horn]], Soundwave cautioned [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] to enter stealth mode, including not updating [[Yatter]]. A few moments later, Ravage updated his [[Boxball]] account, as Mexican restaurants were worth three points, and they were consequently found by [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]]. Soundwave was very disappointed. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #6|Recordicons #6}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Music Label===
[[Image:Soundwave mp3 spark white.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"So what? I'm a different character now? When did this happen?"]]
*'''Soundwave Playing Audio Player''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' Electric launcher, "Wave Bluster", 2 closed fists (left & right), 2 gun-holding pose fists (left & right), 2 eject-button pose fists (left & right), headphones
{{note|Soundwave was [[repurposing|repurposed]] from the Sonic White version of Generation 1 Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Music Label|Soundwave]].}}
: Released by [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'', [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Music Label|Soundwave]] is an MP3 player which takes a miniSD card. The box says it can take up to 1 GB, but many claims have shown it can support up to 2 GB. The player uses one AAA battery. The player also features a transformation almost entirely accurate to his Generation 1 appearance. He also comes with two sets of hands, his shoulder cannon, and a sidearm. It's totally awesome to so many degrees.

:'''Controls'''
:* Play/Pause (Press and hold for three seconds to power on or off)
:* Next
:* Previous
:* Volume Up
:* Volume Down.

: It also treats Folders as Albums.

: An LED behind the "cassette" door turns on and flashes to indicate the power's on. The single AAA battery lasts for about 6 hours of continuous play. Soundwave was initially released in two color schemes: "Spark Blue", his normal blue and silver colors; and "Sonic White", a mostly white color scheme with some blue detailing, echoing the traditional iPod color scheme.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2007/Destron/MLSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Music Label Soundwave at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Timelines===
*'''Invasion''' ([[BotCon 2012]] box set)
:Soundwave is a [[retool]] of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' Classics Series]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], featuring a new head. His vehicle mode has a [[Cold Slither (band)|Cold Slither]] design on the side.

:Soundwave is scheduled to be released in a box set with [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]], and [[Metalhawk]].
{{comingsoontoy}}

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Talk:Tyrwas

2011-12-14T20:19:13Z

192.249.47.196: New page: So, is Tyrwas "real"?~~~~

So, is Tyrwas "real"?[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 15:19, 14 December 2011 (EST)

Devcon (DOTM)

2011-12-14T18:33:23Z

192.249.47.196: /* Notes */ transforms-transforms

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:''The Long-legged Decepticon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Clovercon.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Approximately seven hours ago, some... thing attacked the city. I don't know what it is. If you found this tape, I mean if you're watching this right now, then you probably know more about it than I do.]]
Despite being a quadruped, the '''long-legged Decepticon''' is still a formidable foe to tangle with, towering over many other Cybertronians.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===

The long-legged Decepticon had been stationed on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] until [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] activated a [[space bridge]] to Earth. Heeding the call of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], he joined the Decepticon beachhead in [[Washington, D.C.]]. During the invasion of [[Chicago]], he (or another Decepticon much like him) participated in the initial strike and contributed to the mayhem. During the Autobot's attack on this Decepticon stronghold, he was one of the many Decepticons who fired upon the retreating Autobots. When the tide began to turn in the Autobot's favor, however, the behemoth met his end as he tried to hold a bridge. The [[Wrecker]]s shot him in the head multiple times, presumably killing him. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* The long-legged Decepticon bears more than a passing resemblance to the monster in the film ''[[wikipedia: Cloverfield|Cloverfield]]'', with elongated, double-jointed forelegs, short back legs, and a pair of under-slung appendages. The first teasers for ''Cloverfield'' were screened during the release of the first ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' film. [[Leo Spitz]] also possessed a ''Cloverfield'' poster in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|second film]].
* The long-legged Decepticon never transforms in the movie, but from his overall design it appears that his alternate mode is some kind of military vehicle.

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Human

2011-12-14T18:31:41Z

192.249.47.196:

[[Image:Human.jpg|right|180px|thumb|A typical human.]]
'''Humans''' (also known as: fleshlings, organics, meatbags, insects, squishies, noisy creatures, "puny flesh creatures", "dumb stubbies", ''Terrans'' or ''Homo sapiens'' as they prefer) are bipedal and usually tiny [[wikipedia:carbon based life|organic]] beings found on [[Earth]] and like planets. Though quite fragile, and technologically backwards, they have at times aided the [[Autobot]]s and thwarted the [[Decepticon]]s once the [[Transformer]]s' age-old war spilled onto the humans' primitive homeworld.

{{quote|They're such undependable creatures. Inferior lifeforms.|[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] on the humans|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

==Overview==
===Physiology===
[[Image:Humansize.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Humans come in both Tall and Venti.]]
Humans are suspiciously familiar creatures. Though they are made of soft, organic materials, they share remarkable physical similarities with Transformers as a species. Most Transformers and humans walk upright on two long legs attached to a tall body, with two limbs attached at the shoulders. At the shoulders is the head, just like a Transformer's, which sports two eyes in the center at equal distance from the olfactory sensor array, above a mouth which opens for speaking and for ingesting energy. Aside from energy, they also ingest raw materials that they use in their self repair systems. This would seem to be a sensible system, as these materials can be stored anywhere in their bodies, to be used later when and if necessary. Like Transformers, they are social creatures, who trade and barter wares and develop emotional attachments to peers. Eerily enough, they possess an emotional spectrum nearly identical to that of Transformers as well, ranging from laughter, joy, and satisfaction to depression, anger, and cruelty. It is not uncommon to find Transformers who have even developed [[Transformer romance|strong spiritual bonds]] with individual creatures. This is disgusting.

Humans are physically composed of several specialized units or systems called organs. The major organs are internalized, but extremely frail. Damage is hard to repair, and as they have yet to develop a method of replicating these organs, replacement usually requires harvesting from compatible humans. Major systems include the [[wikipedia:brain|brain]] (central processing unit, data storage), the [[wikipedia:heart|heart]] (primary engine core), and the [[wikipedia:lungs|lungs]] (fuel tank). Over sixty percent of their makeup is water, though they are not primarily aquatic in nature. Humans run on two types of fuel: gaseous oxygen, which is absorbed from their surroundings, and liquid fuel they call [[wikipedia:blood|blood]], created from organic matter and internally refined. Blood and oxygen are required by every organ in their body and an elaborate transport system is required to transport them throughout. Though blood is in some sense self-replicating, a tremendous loss of the liquid will result in permanent deactivation. Oxygen is equally required, and if deprived of oxygen for long enough, they run the risk of suffering major processor damage or permanent deactivation.

[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Optimus Prime learns of human reproduction.]]
A human's organic tissue will begin failing just one quarter into his or her lifespan, and will spend the next three quarters growing ever less efficient until the human's lifeforce can no longer sustain itself. As a result, humans are saddeningly short-lived creatures. (It is not known how they find the time to accomplish anything, though as a side effect it has made their wars mercifully short.) Interestingly, humans do not build new members of their race. To the contrary, humans are what they have deemed [[wikipedia:sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]], categorized into [[wikipedia:sex|sexes]], wherein members of one subvariant of their species, classified as male, implants structural data, which they call "DNA", in the other, classified as female. This process grows a new human (or occasionally more than one, although this is rare) inside the female like a [[wikipedia:gestation|parasite]] until it emerges roughly three quarters of an Earth year later. (If it exits the female too early, the new human risks death.) The new human is very fragile and stupid; it will take years to acclimate itself to their society. Even a young human who stayed inside its female for the appropriate length of time is not capable of operating self-sufficiently without extensive training. Despite this limited intelligence and understanding (or perhaps as a result of it), younger humans are often among the first to form bonds with friendly Transformers.

Initiating the growth of a new human apparently involves much rubbing, and also [[kiss]]ing. Though the required interactions have been hinted at in [[As the Kitchen Sinks|popular media]], humans are reticent to discussing the physical mechanism, and several attempts at accumulating further data were met with what they term as "awkward silence". This is quite confusing, as humans generally give the impression that they supremely enjoy it, and have refused all suggestions that they learn the technology to build their own from spare parts.

===Technology===
[[Image:Humansmall.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The humans of Earth wear [[Hard hat|hard hats]] regardless of their profession.]]

Although Earth is rich with natural resources, Human technology is surprisingly primitive. They had only begun to experiment with outer atmosphere travel at the time the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began on Earth, and they have limited communication methods. Although their locomotive devices, called "cars", are suitable for [[Transformation]], they are quite crude, potentially dangerous, and incredibly energy inefficient. Despite this, the type of car is often seen as a status symbol among humans; apparently the larger the car, the more status achieved. Some humans claim that those with large cars are "compensating" for some other sort of size deficiency—unsurprising, considering how tiny humans are compared to the average Transformer.

Human military technology is equally unimpressive. They have yet to develop any form of workable energy weapons, and no shield technology either. Their primary weapons are devices called "guns", which shoot small, metallic projectiles called "bullets" using a crude explosive called "[[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]" (now superseded by a similar compound called "Cordite"). These are more than capable of killing other humans, but they are extremely inefficient when fending off any attacking Decepticons. Their warhead weapons are slightly more efficient, though extremely primitive when compared to Autobot [[Photon rifle|photon]] and [[Plasma cannon|plasma]] weapons.

In some universes humans have weaponry that is actually rather effective against a Transformer. In one universe, the humans used explosive projectiles called "[[wikipedia:sabot|Sabot rounds]]" that employ an incredibly high heat to burn through [[Decepticon]] [[Armor-plating| armour]] and then detonate in the more vulnerable innards. A sufficient volley of these in the right places can bring down a fairly large Decepticon almost as effectively as Cybertronian cannons. The humans combine these with one advantage of their small size: hiding, taking cover in buildings or behind other obstacles then popping up to fire a few rounds before hiding and relocating before firing again.

===Society===
[[Image:AngryArcher01.jpg|200px|thumb|Humans require tokens representative of energy, and are not above humiliating themselves to retrieve them.]]
Like on Cybertron before the war, humans make up the fabric of their local (or global) economies. Some work as repairmen, some are drillers in search of [[Oil|un-processed lubricants]], others are retrievers of [[ruby crystal mines of Burma|rare mineral lattices and metals]], [[Sparkplug Witwicky|a few]] accomplish all of these simultaneously. The humans strangely use the majority of the lubricant they extract as a highly inefficient source of energy, and adorn themselves with the harvested minerals and metals at exorbitant prices. Apparently the humans reason that because these objects are rare, they are incredibly beautiful, and therefore worth vastly more resources than were spent extracting and refining them. Instead of trading [[Energon (fuel)|valuable energy]] directly for goods and services, a small piece of lumbered and processed planetgrowth is exchanged. This planetgrowth represents energy abstractly, and its worth is assumed on good faith, though it is usually backed up by various metals and crystals of economic value.

A number of unsavory humans subvert this established system to illegally or immorally obtain these planetgrowths. Many of these humans were involved in unusual accidents which empowered the individual specimen to levels above ordinary humans, while others are tempted by their relatively high intelligence levels or capacity for selfish acts. Encounters with these subversive humans happen at an alarming rate, whether they be [[Donny Finkleberg|failed entertainers who claim to own all Transformers]], [[Doctor Arkeville|mad scientists]], or [[Angry Archer|gifted archers who dress in homage to Earth folklore]]. By sheer numbers, these humans must represent half of the known population.

Politically, humans are divided among various nation-states which seem to be divided primarily among ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. On occasion, these nation-states will engage in conflict over territory and resources, but as previously stated, their wars are usually quite short. Most humans seem to prefer some sort of [[democracy]] where they elect individuals to govern and legislate their nation-states, although a number of them choose their leaders due to genetic inheritance and familial succession; others still hold power through a Decepticon-style dictatorship, though the mental stability of [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|a few]] have been questioned. At times, the Decepticons have taken advantage of Earth's factional tendencies to manipulate them to their advantage, but the Autobots have usually managed to expose the Decepticon influence before a full scale military conflict occurs.

[[Image:DancitronGang.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Humans come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.]]

Humans greatly enjoy sound patterns, termed "music". The Autobots [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] have taken a particular interest in this music, though the chosen volume has overwhelmed most other Autobots, including the mighty [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from time to time. Humans have often shown an involuntary need to move about when music is broadcast, and even the aforementioned Autobots have also shown a desire to move about. Presumably, a fear of blowback prevented the Autobots from utilizing human music as a weapon against the Decepticons.

Humans are also athletic creatures, engaging in a variety of athletic events that are designed to test their strength, stamina, and speed. While none of them could hold their own against even the weakest Transformer, many human sports have been eagerly adopted by Transformers. The Autobot [[Eject]] is particularly fond of human athletics, and his vocabulary is littered with the human sports quotes.
{{--}}

===Religion===
[[Image:Deusexmachina-statue.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|Common human depictions of gods incorporate long flowing [[facial hair]], staffs and other kingly apparel.]]
Despite their lack of the multi-dimensional transwarp [[Spark]], a great number of humans believe in an analogous concept, the intangible soul. This has been confirmed to be the equivalent of a Transformer's personality program in an odd experiment, when the human [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s personality was uploaded to [[Autobot X|an empty Transformer body cobbled together from spare parts]]. The human's consciousness was not suitable for digitization, and quickly deteriorated toward psychosis.

Many also believe in supernatural beings, either singular or plural, who have a direct but intangible stake in their lives. Once a week the more religious humans will gather together and sing songs at the ceiling, as the presumed direction of these beings is away from the gravity well of their planet. Unlike the historical [[Covenant of Primus|Covenant]] of [[Primus]], their holy books are not incorruptible encrypted public-key datatracks. Instead, they frequently re-encode the writings of multiple authors in an inefficient and apparently lossy process. Then they fight about which "translation" is correct instead of simply downloading the original encoding algorithm.

Despite having no concrete evidence these beings exist, and despite the records of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] affirming their evolution from [[Protohuman|bipedal primates]], many humans continue to assume these premises are literally true. This seems odd, as few credible sources have substantiated that their alleged creator has ever transformed out of their world into a giant humanoid and fought its eternal enemy before their eyes. The few sources available claim that their [[Unicron|creator]] is quite at odds with their views on him, and in fact totally displeased with their existence.

Many human traditions are puzzling.

===Breeding grounds===
The most familiar breed of humans are native to the planet Earth, though they can be found practically anywhere in the galaxy. For example, [[Nebulos]] is such a place, though some reports claim these humans are of green colour rather than various shades of beige. [[Femax]] is populated by humans of Transformer size. [[Pz-Zazz]] is also home to Transformer-sized humans, but it is not known whether they are indigenous to that world. It is possible that the tiny version of humans found on Earth is the exception, rather than the rule.

==Notes==
* For reasons unknown, a substantial number of human Transformers [[Fandom|fans]] appear to have a very drastic, dismissive position when it comes to the inclusion of representatives of their species in Transformers fiction, some even going as far as demanding that Transformers fiction should be devoid of ''any'' flesh creatures whatsoever, unless being depicted as helpless victims/casualties of Decepticon attacks.

* Perhaps most bizarrely, humans can hear the trans-sonic signal known as the [[Omega Frequency]], emitted by the [[Omega Lock]] and other sources of Primus's power, while Transformers cannot.

* Humans reproduce by shooting DNA into each other. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|I find that offensive!]]

* According to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], a certain percentage of human physiology is composed of cowardice. This proportion increases directly according to the size of the individual. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!|Pretender to the Throne!}}

==External links==
* [[wikipedia:Human|Humans]] like to write about themselves. This, too, erupts into war.

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Human

2011-12-14T18:30:38Z

192.249.47.196: /* Religion */ huh. Prime is actually a coutnerexample to the original line. Anyway, tried to integrate this as best as possible without losing the snark.

[[Image:Human.jpg|right|180px|thumb|A typical human.]]
'''Humans''' (also known as: fleshlings, organics, meatbags, insects, squishies, noisy creatures, "puny flesh creatures", "dumb stubbies", ''Terrans'' or ''Homo sapiens'' as they prefer) are bipedal and usually tiny [[wikipedia:carbon based life|organic]] beings found on [[Earth]] and like planets. Though quite fragile, and technologically backwards, they have at times aided the [[Autobot]]s and thwarted the [[Decepticon]]s once the [[Transformer]]s' age-old war spilled onto the humans' primitive homeworld.

{{quote|They're such undependable creatures. Inferior lifeforms.|[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] on the humans|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

==Overview==
===Physiology===
[[Image:Humansize.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Humans come in both Tall and Venti.]]
Humans are suspiciously familiar creatures. Though they are made of soft, organic materials, they share remarkable physical similarities with Transformers as a species. Most Transformers and humans walk upright on two long legs attached to a tall body, with two limbs attached at the shoulders. At the shoulders is the head, just like a Transformer's, which sports two eyes in the center at equal distance from the olfactory sensor array, above a mouth which opens for speaking and for ingesting energy. Aside from energy, they also ingest raw materials that they use in their self repair systems. This would seem to be a sensible system, as these materials can be stored anywhere in their bodies, to be used later when and if necessary. Like Transformers, they are social creatures, who trade and barter wares and develop emotional attachments to peers. Eerily enough, they possess an emotional spectrum nearly identical to that of Transformers as well, ranging from laughter, joy, and satisfaction to depression, anger, and cruelty. It is not uncommon to find Transformers who have even developed [[Transformer romance|strong spiritual bonds]] with individual creatures. This is disgusting.

Humans are physically composed of several specialized units or systems called organs. The major organs are internalized, but extremely frail. Damage is hard to repair, and as they have yet to develop a method of replicating these organs, replacement usually requires harvesting from compatible humans. Major systems include the [[wikipedia:brain|brain]] (central processing unit, data storage), the [[wikipedia:heart|heart]] (primary engine core), and the [[wikipedia:lungs|lungs]] (fuel tank). Over sixty percent of their makeup is water, though they are not primarily aquatic in nature. Humans run on two types of fuel: gaseous oxygen, which is absorbed from their surroundings, and liquid fuel they call [[wikipedia:blood|blood]], created from organic matter and internally refined. Blood and oxygen are required by every organ in their body and an elaborate transport system is required to transport them throughout. Though blood is in some sense self-replicating, a tremendous loss of the liquid will result in permanent deactivation. Oxygen is equally required, and if deprived of oxygen for long enough, they run the risk of suffering major processor damage or permanent deactivation.

[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Optimus Prime learns of human reproduction.]]
A human's organic tissue will begin failing just one quarter into his or her lifespan, and will spend the next three quarters growing ever less efficient until the human's lifeforce can no longer sustain itself. As a result, humans are saddeningly short-lived creatures. (It is not known how they find the time to accomplish anything, though as a side effect it has made their wars mercifully short.) Interestingly, humans do not build new members of their race. To the contrary, humans are what they have deemed [[wikipedia:sexual dimorphism|sexually dimorphic]], categorized into [[wikipedia:sex|sexes]], wherein members of one subvariant of their species, classified as male, implants structural data, which they call "DNA", in the other, classified as female. This process grows a new human (or occasionally more than one, although this is rare) inside the female like a [[wikipedia:gestation|parasite]] until it emerges roughly three quarters of an Earth year later. (If it exits the female too early, the new human risks death.) The new human is very fragile and stupid; it will take years to acclimate itself to their society. Even a young human who stayed inside its female for the appropriate length of time is not capable of operating self-sufficiently without extensive training. Despite this limited intelligence and understanding (or perhaps as a result of it), younger humans are often among the first to form bonds with friendly Transformers.

Initiating the growth of a new human apparently involves much rubbing, and also [[kiss]]ing. Though the required interactions have been hinted at in [[As the Kitchen Sinks|popular media]], humans are reticent to discussing the physical mechanism, and several attempts at accumulating further data were met with what they term as "awkward silence". This is quite confusing, as humans generally give the impression that they supremely enjoy it, and have refused all suggestions that they learn the technology to build their own from spare parts.

===Technology===
[[Image:Humansmall.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The humans of Earth wear [[Hard hat|hard hats]] regardless of their profession.]]

Although Earth is rich with natural resources, Human technology is surprisingly primitive. They had only begun to experiment with outer atmosphere travel at the time the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began on Earth, and they have limited communication methods. Although their locomotive devices, called "cars", are suitable for [[Transformation]], they are quite crude, potentially dangerous, and incredibly energy inefficient. Despite this, the type of car is often seen as a status symbol among humans; apparently the larger the car, the more status achieved. Some humans claim that those with large cars are "compensating" for some other sort of size deficiency—unsurprising, considering how tiny humans are compared to the average Transformer.

Human military technology is equally unimpressive. They have yet to develop any form of workable energy weapons, and no shield technology either. Their primary weapons are devices called "guns", which shoot small, metallic projectiles called "bullets" using a crude explosive called "[[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]" (now superseded by a similar compound called "Cordite"). These are more than capable of killing other humans, but they are extremely inefficient when fending off any attacking Decepticons. Their warhead weapons are slightly more efficient, though extremely primitive when compared to Autobot [[Photon rifle|photon]] and [[Plasma cannon|plasma]] weapons.

In some universes humans have weaponry that is actually rather effective against a Transformer. In one universe, the humans used explosive projectiles called "[[wikipedia:sabot|Sabot rounds]]" that employ an incredibly high heat to burn through [[Decepticon]] [[Armor-plating| armour]] and then detonate in the more vulnerable innards. A sufficient volley of these in the right places can bring down a fairly large Decepticon almost as effectively as Cybertronian cannons. The humans combine these with one advantage of their small size: hiding, taking cover in buildings or behind other obstacles then popping up to fire a few rounds before hiding and relocating before firing again.

===Society===
[[Image:AngryArcher01.jpg|200px|thumb|Humans require tokens representative of energy, and are not above humiliating themselves to retrieve them.]]
Like on Cybertron before the war, humans make up the fabric of their local (or global) economies. Some work as repairmen, some are drillers in search of [[Oil|un-processed lubricants]], others are retrievers of [[ruby crystal mines of Burma|rare mineral lattices and metals]], [[Sparkplug Witwicky|a few]] accomplish all of these simultaneously. The humans strangely use the majority of the lubricant they extract as a highly inefficient source of energy, and adorn themselves with the harvested minerals and metals at exorbitant prices. Apparently the humans reason that because these objects are rare, they are incredibly beautiful, and therefore worth vastly more resources than were spent extracting and refining them. Instead of trading [[Energon (fuel)|valuable energy]] directly for goods and services, a small piece of lumbered and processed planetgrowth is exchanged. This planetgrowth represents energy abstractly, and its worth is assumed on good faith, though it is usually backed up by various metals and crystals of economic value.

A number of unsavory humans subvert this established system to illegally or immorally obtain these planetgrowths. Many of these humans were involved in unusual accidents which empowered the individual specimen to levels above ordinary humans, while others are tempted by their relatively high intelligence levels or capacity for selfish acts. Encounters with these subversive humans happen at an alarming rate, whether they be [[Donny Finkleberg|failed entertainers who claim to own all Transformers]], [[Doctor Arkeville|mad scientists]], or [[Angry Archer|gifted archers who dress in homage to Earth folklore]]. By sheer numbers, these humans must represent half of the known population.

Politically, humans are divided among various nation-states which seem to be divided primarily among ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. On occasion, these nation-states will engage in conflict over territory and resources, but as previously stated, their wars are usually quite short. Most humans seem to prefer some sort of [[democracy]] where they elect individuals to govern and legislate their nation-states, although a number of them choose their leaders due to genetic inheritance and familial succession; others still hold power through a Decepticon-style dictatorship, though the mental stability of [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|a few]] have been questioned. At times, the Decepticons have taken advantage of Earth's factional tendencies to manipulate them to their advantage, but the Autobots have usually managed to expose the Decepticon influence before a full scale military conflict occurs.

[[Image:DancitronGang.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Humans come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.]]

Humans greatly enjoy sound patterns, termed "music". The Autobots [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] have taken a particular interest in this music, though the chosen volume has overwhelmed most other Autobots, including the mighty [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from time to time. Humans have often shown an involuntary need to move about when music is broadcast, and even the aforementioned Autobots have also shown a desire to move about. Presumably, a fear of blowback prevented the Autobots from utilizing human music as a weapon against the Decepticons.

Humans are also athletic creatures, engaging in a variety of athletic events that are designed to test their strength, stamina, and speed. While none of them could hold their own against even the weakest Transformer, many human sports have been eagerly adopted by Transformers. The Autobot [[Eject]] is particularly fond of human athletics, and his vocabulary is littered with the human sports quotes.
{{--}}

===Religion===
[[Image:Deusexmachina-statue.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|Common human depictions of gods incorporate long flowing [[facial hair]], staffs and other kingly apparel.]]
Despite their lack of the multi-dimensional transwarp [[Spark]], a great number of humans believe in an analogous concept, the intangible soul. This has been confirmed to be the equivalent of a Transformer's personality program in an odd experiment, when the human [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s personality was uploaded to [[Autobot X|an empty Transformer body cobbled together from spare parts]]. The human's consciousness was not suitable for digitization, and quickly deteriorated toward psychosis.

Many also believe in supernatural beings, either singular or plural, who have a direct but intangible stake in their lives. Once a week the more religious humans will gather together and sing songs at the ceiling, as the presumed direction of these beings is away from the gravity well of their planet. Unlike the historical [[Covenant of Primus|Covenant]] of [[Primus]], their holy books are not incorruptible encrypted public-key datatracks. Instead, they frequently re-encode the writings of multiple authors in an inefficient and apparently lossy process. Then they fight about which "translation" is correct instead of simply downloading the original encoding algorithm.

Despite having no concrete evidence these beings exist, and despite the records of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] affirming their evolution from [[Protohuman|bipedal primates]], many humans continue to assume these premises are literally true. This seems odd, as few credible sources have substantiated that their alleged creator has ever transformed out of their world into a giant humanoid and fought its eternal enemy before their eyes. The few sources available claim that their [[Unicron|creator]] is quite at odds with their views on him, and in fact totally unpleased with their existence.

Many human traditions are puzzling.

===Breeding grounds===
The most familiar breed of humans are native to the planet Earth, though they can be found practically anywhere in the galaxy. For example, [[Nebulos]] is such a place, though some reports claim these humans are of green colour rather than various shades of beige. [[Femax]] is populated by humans of Transformer size. [[Pz-Zazz]] is also home to Transformer-sized humans, but it is not known whether they are indigenous to that world. It is possible that the tiny version of humans found on Earth is the exception, rather than the rule.

==Notes==
* For reasons unknown, a substantial number of human Transformers [[Fandom|fans]] appear to have a very drastic, dismissive position when it comes to the inclusion of representatives of their species in Transformers fiction, some even going as far as demanding that Transformers fiction should be devoid of ''any'' flesh creatures whatsoever, unless being depicted as helpless victims/casualties of Decepticon attacks.

* Perhaps most bizarrely, humans can hear the trans-sonic signal known as the [[Omega Frequency]], emitted by the [[Omega Lock]] and other sources of Primus's power, while Transformers cannot.

* Humans reproduce by shooting DNA into each other. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|I find that offensive!]]

* According to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], a certain percentage of human physiology is composed of cowardice. This proportion increases directly according to the size of the individual. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!|Pretender to the Throne!}}

==External links==
* [[wikipedia:Human|Humans]] like to write about themselves. This, too, erupts into war.

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Talk:Human

2011-12-14T18:22:53Z

192.249.47.196: /* Some non-humor but canon-relevant stuff */

This may be one of the best entries on the whole damn wiki.--[[User:82.41.82.183|82.41.82.183]] 17:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
:May? --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 21:33, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

There may be better, but I've not seen it. So may. yeah.
Wanna make something of it? Don't make me go all jihad on you.--[[User:82.41.82.183|82.41.82.183]] 10:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Should that Featured tag be taken out? Looking at the last two edit summaries leaves me to wonder about how articles actually get to be Featured. (Speaking of things that are Featured, [[Furg|this article]] really should be.) --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 05:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

::I don't think this article should be featured, at least, not until we've actually come to something of a consensus on the matter. I don't think the article really has the length or breadth of info that a featured article really needs. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

== Religion ==

Is this:

<blockquote>Despite having no concrete evidence these beings exist, and despite the records of the Beast Wars affirming their evolution from bipedal primates, the humans continue to assume these premises are true. This seems like a waste of spent attention, especially with such short lifespans, as no credible sources have substantiated that their alleged creator has ever transformed out of their world into a giant humanoid and fought its eternal enemy before their eyes. While some humans accept that they evolved from bipedal primates, there are others who maintain the divine intervention theory with a zeal that leads one to wonder if they are malfunctioning. Though some have contended that the two theories are mutually exclusive, many seem to fall in a categorization that somehow accepts both. Many human traditions are puzzling.</blockquote>

Actually the attitude presented in fiction? If not, it does come off as as an unfair dig. I mean, I realize that this is a humor wiki, and "transformed out of their world into a giant humanoid and fought its eternal enemy before their eyes" is pretty funny - but the paragraph reads as more malicious than humorous on the whole.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 05:46, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
:I concur. I was actually coming to the talk page to post about exactly this. If this is based on an official attitude within the fiction, then cite the sources. If not, I think it needs to be rewritten. --[[User:Loudstone|Loudstone]] 14:30, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

== No Humans ==

Should a page be made on weather or not humans should be in Transformers?

:No. This is not a site for essays on children's cartoons. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 21:59, 18 May 2011 (EDT)
::I'd be in favor of it if the only text on the page were "Yes," with a reference tag that leads to a footnote that reads "Except if it's Beast Machines." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:24, 18 May 2011 (EDT)

==I actually like==
Teletraan 1 version of the human page better I mean I don't like the religion part but the way the page utterly insults us is funny.

== Some non-humor but canon-relevant stuff ==

All joking aside, this page should definitely mention [[Jinchōkon]], the need for humans for [[Fortress Maximus (RID)]], and that, in ''Prime'', humans are informally considered the "progeny of Unicron".[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 12:18, 13 December 2011 (EST)
:Well, I haven't actually had a chance to watch RID or the Godmasters one, so I wouldn't be able to write about those, but I guess I'll go ahead and find somewhere to put the Unicron bit.[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 13:22, 14 December 2011 (EST)

Chaos Part Four: Genesis

2011-12-13T20:16:50Z

192.249.47.196: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory|
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|next=Pax Cybertronia (issue)
|title="Chaos Part Four: Genesis"
|caption="Owwwwww... thsss reeeeeally ''hurrrrtttts''."
|image=Ongoing 30 Cover.jpg
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[November 16]], [[2011]]
|coverdate=November 2011
|story by=[[Mike Costa]] and [[James Roberts]]
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Livio Ramondelli]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|associate editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
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|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2011)]]
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==Synopsis==

In the skies above Cybertron, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] try to explain the comic's plot to the [[Kimia]] refugees. Thanks to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] hacking his mind, which allowed him to do the same, Hardhead is able to lay an info-dump and explain the plot twist: Galvatron has been raising his armies and wielding the Heart of Darkness to try and stop D-Void emerging into the universe, but the Heart ''is'' D-Void, conning Galvatron into turning the dead world of Cybertron into a [[Dead Universe]] portal so D-Void can make everyone dead. [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] heroically simplifies the plot to 'stop bad guys, save universe'.

Down on Cybertron, everything is up the creek: the titanic [[Deceptigod|D-Void avatar]] comprised of the Decepticon's bodies is tearing through the ruins, and only [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] stands against it while the Autobots flee for their lives. Deep under the surface, [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] is bleeding out while [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] are aware, thanks to the Matrix, that Galvatron's going to doom them all. To [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide's]] dismay, he's being sent back to the surface to get help for Drift, rather than guard Optimus.

Despite horrific wounds, Megatron refuses to give in and blasts D-Void's avatar to bits; deep underground, Galvatron feels the pain and can't work out why. As he reels, the Primes arrive to stop him before he can release the Heart... except he did it thirty-five minutes ago. Up in space, the Kimia shuttle's readouts tell it Cybertron is no longer ''there'' and navigation is impossible; Arcee, zen-like, points out you can see the planet because it's a planet. Unfortunately, the planet is being ripped apart by storms and the crew are forced to bail out for cover, while the Decepticons on the surface crumble to rust... And below, Galvatron bellows that he's won...

And then the shuttle crashes on him. ("Did we get him?" asks Hardhead)

The Primes have an opening but D-Void is coming through, consuming [[Vector Sigma]] as it does. Rodimus realises that the only way to stop it is, of course, the Matrix. Optimus is against the idea, as with Sigma and Cybertron both lost, it's the only part of their heritage left; Rodimus argues that he just ''knows'' the Matrix can save them, but Prime remains doubtful. Those doubts allow Galvatron to shoot him in the back. He snarls that he is going to unite their race as their new leader, that there's no secret allies left to ambush him—and then Cyclonus rams him, enraged by what he's been made to do to the planet he loved. Galvatron swats him aside but, as he dissolves, realises he dun goofed.

Optimus realises he must use the Matrix after all, and opens it to the light the darkest hour...

And a long time after, when the glow fades and night has calmed, Optimus remains kneeling in the new crater, the hollow halves of the Matrix at his feet.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]] (6)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (7)
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==Quotes==

"We've made it sound more complicated than it is."
:— '''Hardhead''', master of plot summaries

"No, Ironhide. You're going to make it through this time, no marrer what. Prime and I need to finish this. You save lives. Save this one more."
:— '''Rodimus'''

"Muster your parts - my own soldiers - for the final sortie. I can feel you in my head, trying to master my will. But I will not yield. I will not be '''conquered'''. I will not be '''defied'''.<br>
'''I'''<br>
'''AM'''<br>
'''MEGATRON!'''"<br>
:— You know who, staring down the Deceptigod.

''"WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"''
:— You plonker, '''Galvatron'''

==Notes==

* The Matrix has been completely spent. (Mike Costa thinks the image of an empty Matrix was [[James Roberts]]' idea) <ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/webpage/the-underbase-reviews-ongoing-31 Moonbase 2 interview with Mike Costa ("Special Guest")]</ref>
* The opening two pages, where Arcee and Hardhead explain the plot, are a loving fourth-wall-bending admission that, yeah, there's a need for some heavy exposition: Brainstorm asking it to be gone through again, characters callling it an "info dump", Hardhead trying to claim it's not as complicated as he made it sound and then admitting it is, Swerve trying to understand the plot and finally summing it up as "stop Galvatron, stop D-Void, universe saved"...
* This issue reveals that Galvatron's battle to defeat D-Void, i.e. everything involving him since [[Infestation]], has actually been a plan of manipulation on D-Void's part to kill everything. D-Void is one clever spawn of a glitch.
* As in [[Chaos Theory Part 2]], Rodimus seems to be more in-tune with the Matrix than Optimus.
* Cyclonus was first established as a patriot in [[Spotlight: Cyclonus|his spotlight]].

===Errors===

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus Prime; art by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
* '''Cover B:''' Galvatron; art by Livio Ramondelli.
* '''Cover RI:''' Black & white art of Megatron; art by Livio Ramondelli.

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Talk:The Transformers: Devastation

2011-12-13T18:37:45Z

192.249.47.196: /* The IDW Collection */

Why is the trade paperback so expensive? Was it a very limited release? [[Special:Contributions/84.65.58.231|84.65.58.231]] 05:38, 16 October 2009 (EDT)
:I assume you're basing that off of the price it's current listed at on Amazon? That's a third-party seller, selling their copy of the book for a crazy price, because the book is actually out of print right now. It originally retailed for twenty bucks. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 06:03, 16 October 2009 (EDT)

== The IDW Collection ==

I don't actually have the IDW Collections yet, but is it okay if I start filling out the collection information for it on pages like this, based on what is on the articles for the Collections?

Also, is Ironhide collected anywhere, yet?[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 16:10, 12 December 2011 (EST)
:Go ahead. Our information on reprints is kind of lacking. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:51, 12 December 2011 (EST)
::I got all of them done except for All Hail Megatron, due to page protection. Since I don't know what bonuses are actually in these things, I left all those fields commented out, so someone with the volumes will still need to go fill those out. Sorry I couldn't do more.[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 13:37, 13 December 2011 (EST)

Ride-Along

2011-12-13T18:35:47Z

192.249.47.196:

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']]'' #25''
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|next=
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Prowl"
|image=SpotlightProwl CoverA.jpg
|caption=Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty [[Mike Costa|Costa]]!
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 21]], [[2010]]
|coverdate= April 2010
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[E. J. Su]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Dalhouse]]
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|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|associate editor=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
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|chronology=Pre-[[...For All Mankind|''Transformers'' #1]]
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'''What happened to Prowl after ''All Hail Megatron''.'''

==Synopsis==
{{note|Passages in italics are set in flashback.}}

Prowl sits in vehicle mode with two similar police cruisers in the parking lot of a [[Los Angeles]] liquor store. His narration explains that the store has just been robbed. The cops are inside, trying to talk to the clerk, whose English is mostly limited to curses. But they manage to learn that the thieves were two tattooed punks with a shotgun and a [[Wikipedia:Nitrous|tricked-out]] [[Wikipedia:Toyota Celica|Celica]]. So when Prowl and his driver get a call about a Celica that ran a red light and struck a bicyclist, they hit the lights and sirens and rush down the road. Prowl ruminates on how even a major cataclysm just three years earlier couldn't change some things...

''Two years ago, Optimus Prime and Prowl walked through the ruins of [[New York City]], surveying the aftermath of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s reign of terror and the massive battle that ended it. Prime asked how they could have let the devastation happen, and Prowl answered that there were a lot of reasons, none of them necessarily the [[Autobot]]s' fault, but what mattered was that they had stopped it and won. Prime didn't see it as a victory, given the cost to the [[Earth]]; he thought the Autobots were obligated to help the [[human]]s rebuild. Prowl advised against getting involved in the humans' affairs, since they were unlikely to trust any [[Transformer]]s after having spent [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|more than a year being attacked and subjugated by the Decepticons]].

''Prime agreed, but rather than abandon the humans, he simply ordered Prowl to help them in disguise. Prowl obeyed, spending eight months in silent observation as a police officer unknowingly drove him around. Prowl saw how the city behaved with virtually no infrastructure, a condition he thought of as "humanity's lowest point." He valued his time spent "doing nothing," even while others like Hot Rod were berating Prime for the same. Prowl saw it as an opportunity to learn things, such as humanity's capacity for quick adaptation (manifested in the creation the [[Skywatch]] [[crash suit]]s). He also learned that the less people have, the more fearful they are of losing what remains - a tendency exacerbated by how very little the alien war had left them with. And he learned that they would never forgive the Transformers, nor let them repeat the offense.

''As a case in point, Prowl witnessed several policemen discussing what to do about [[Thrust (G1)|an incapacitated Decepticon]] holed up in an abandoned building. With the army an hour away, the cops decided to take matters into their own hands by setting the building on fire and letting it collapse on the fugitive. Prowl sat silently as the execution was carried out.

''Back at headquarters, Prowl saw Seaspray, Windcharger, and Jetfire talking with Ratchet, and he remarked to Optimus about the stream of new arrivals. Prime explained that the Decepticons were disorganized and had lost control of most of the conquered Autobot outposts, but there were still many refugees in need of asylum. Earth was in a conveniently central location and was a suitable place to reinforce in any case. Prowl argued that reinforcement was unnecessary due to the lack of [[Decepticon]] resistance on the planet, and Prime replied that it would therefore be a good place for the battle-weary to rest. Prowl objected, since the repopulation and reclamation of New York would force the Autobots to find a new base soon, but there was nowhere to go, and the execution of Thrust demonstrated the humans' bloodthirsty mood. Prime expressed sympathy for the humans' point of view, then announced that he was calling everyone but Prowl in from their missions; Prowl, meanwhile, would continue his incognito assignment. Prowl asked what the point of his assignment was, and Prime answered with a platitude about everyone being on their own journey. That reminded Prowl about Bumblebee, who had been out of contact for a while. Prime told him that Brawn had sent Bumblebee on a mission to [[Detroit]] to scout for a new base. While Prowl acknowledged the value of the location, he worried about the chain-of-command breakdown that had kept him out of the loop. Prime suggested that a chain of command is only proper for a military unit, but with Megatron out of commission and the Decepticons scattered, perhaps the Autobots should change to something more democratic.

''Prowl went back to work, again allowing his unsuspecting driver to facilitate his observations of the humans. Prowl's logical mind worked the mathematics of human existence, how there were billions of them in contrast to the less than ten thousand Transformers, but each human life occupied only a fraction of a century - a "shutterclick". Their crimes and creations were petty and ill-conceived, the sum total amounting to nothing more than a swarm. The unavoidable mathematical conclusion was that one human life could not be worth one Transformer. He didn't fear or resent them, but there was danger in maintaining cover; the only logical strategy was avoidance.

''Then one day, as he pondered this line of thought, Prowl was shocked into action by a simple accident. His driver had parked him by a reconstruction site as a cleanup crew hauled a Transformer gun (with a hand still attached) across a street. One of the workers put his hand on the trigger, asking his partner how many pounds of pressure he thought it would take to activate it. His partner told him not to touch it, but the worker pressed it anyway, sending an energy beam into the top of a nearby building. As rubble fell down towards a little girl, Prowl ran through the earlier population math and ended with, "One of me."

''Leaping into robot mode, Prowl pushed the girl out of the way as the rubble fell on him instead. Prowl's driver told everyone to stay back, and Prowl asked him if the girl was okay. He said she was, which pleased Prowl, and the cop expressed his shock that Prowl had stayed incognito for so long, only to break cover just to save the girl - especially since the people would kill him if given the chance. Prowl explained that he had seen too many things happen and done nothing for the sake of maintaining cover. He didn't know who was in charge anymore or where things were going; all he knew was that "the numbers are accurate... but they're not right." In that moment when he could save the girl's life, he decided to stop worrying about what might happen and just do the right thing. The cop understood and identified with the sentiment, but he said he was obligated to call the incident in. However, given the fact that Prowl was trapped and the situation wasn't an emergency, the cop thought they had about an hour before Skywatch would arrive. In that time, Prowl managed to escape.

''Prowl and the other Autobots moved west as planned, and after hiding in plain sight for another year, he [[...For All Mankind|again broke cover, this time being captured by Skywatch as a result]]. But in the end he considered it worthwhile, because [[Earthworks|things changed]].''

And now, Prowl has struck out on his own, seeking to transcend the "binary tactics" that proved useless against evolving threats with undefined goals. As he and the other two police cars form a barricade around the runaway Celica, Prowl considers that, with five billion humans and ten thousand [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]ians, he would put his own life on the line for any one of them.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (4)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (5)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (6)
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (7)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (8)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (10)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (11)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
|c3=
* Prowl's cop driver (3)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sarge! We got one in there."<br />
"How big?"<br />
"Big one. Red-and-black. Looks like it was a jet. Incapacitated, but it's still kicking."<br />
"How incapacitated?"<br />
"Well, it told us it wanted to kill us, and then it didn't, so I'd say pretty incapacitated."
:—A human '''police officer''' gives a nice, professional report to his '''Sergeant'''.

"The chain of command has been steadily breaking down here."<br />
"Chain of command is for a military unit."<br />
"Well, what do you call this?!"<br />
"I don't know. Our main objective is accomplished. Megatron is neutralized, and the Decepticons are scattered. Perhaps we should become something more... democratic."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime''' discuss the Autobots' future.

"I don't fear them, but keeping this up is dangerous. I don't resent them, but the only strategy is one of avoidance. I don't hate them, but—five billion of them. Ten thousand of us. One of me."
:—'''Prowl''' calculates his thoughts on the humans.

==Errors==
* The chronology established in narration and dialogue is questionable. The present-day bits are said to be "three years after a major cataclysm," but the Autobots are seen walking around the ruins of New York unmolested "two years ago," and at that point Prowl says the humans have "been attacked and subjugated by Decepticons for over a year." Given that these statements occur within two consecutive pages, it seems likely that they're purposeful and meant to fit together. This would make the events of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' span an entire year, which is true to its real-life publication but is much, much longer than its in-fiction timespan appears to be.

==Items of note==
* According to IDW story editor [[Andy Schmidt]], this story was originally going to be told in [[The Transformers (IDW)|the ongoing series]]. But when fans reacted badly to Prowl's characterization in [[...For All Mankind|the first issue of that series]], IDW decided to jump the gun and publish the story early as a ''Spotlight''.<ref>[http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1002/19/schmidt.htm Comics Continuum video interview with Andy Schmidt]</ref> It is intended to reconcile his new, rashly self-sacrificial portrayal with the methodical, vehemently anti-hotheaded-maverick personality he [[The Transformers: Infiltration|had]] [[The Transformers: Escalation|exhibited]] [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|previously]]. But that reconciliation doesn't actually address the core concern of many of those upset fans, who wanted not just explanation, but ''reversion'' to the subversive schemer that Prowl had recently developed into.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=7345 IDW forum thread practically begging for Prowl's new characterization to be undone.]</ref>
* A note on the inside cover states, "The events in this story take place prior to TRANSFORMERS #1." This is true for most of the story, which is explicitly set in flashback, but in the L.A.-based framing sequences of the first and last few pages, Prowl's narration looks back on events from as late as [[Earthworks|''The Transformers'' #6]].
* This issue establishes the Transformer population of the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDWverse]] to be around 10,000.
* It also explains why Autobots that were not seen during ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' have since shown up in the ongoing on Earth.
* The "to protect and to serve" seen on Prowl's door is the motto of the real-life [[wikipedia:Los Angeles Police Department|Los Angeles Police Department]], occasionally shortened to "to protect and serve."
* A law enforcement member is seen drawing a chalk outline around a corpse, but this rarely if ever occurs anymore in real life: it can be interpreted in court as contamination of the crime scene and render some evidence inadmissible.<ref>[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2300/do-crime-scene-investigators-really-draw-a-chalk-line-around-the-body The Straight Dope on crime-scene chalk outlines]</ref>
* Includes some concept sketches of Prowl by [[E. J. Su]].

===Transformers references===
* TBA

===Covers (3)===
{{picsneeded|Cover RI}}
* '''Cover A:''' Prowl standing in the ruins of the [[Statue of Liberty]], by [[E. J. Su]].
* '''Cover B:''' Noir-style cover of Prowl standing in a rainy alleyway with the [[Hollywood]] Sign in the background, art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free sketch variant of Cover A.
<gallery>
Image:SpotlightProwl CoverA.jpg| Call me "[[wikipedia:Snake Plissken|Snake]]."
Image:SpotlightProwl CoverB.jpg| ''Baby you'll be famous Chase you down until you love me Papa-Paparazzi''
Image:SpotlightProwl CoverRI.jpg|
</gallery>

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==Reprints==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Prowl]]

The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers

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[[Image:Last Stand of the Wreckers1B.jpg|thumb|250px|They're all gonna die.]]
'''''The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers''''' is a 5-issue limited series published by [[IDW Publishing]] in [[2010]] set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]].

It follows the re-assembly of the [[Wrecker]]s team after the events of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' maxiseries, among other things.

The premise of the series was generated editorially. [[Nick Roche]] asked to do art for the series, only finding out later that he would also be writing the series. [[James Roberts]] is his co-writer, but only started being credited for the script from #2 (though he did #1's Rotorstorm profile). The prolific [[Josh Burcham]] provides the colors. Incentive covers were provided by [[Trevor Hutchison]].

{{quote|noquote=true|'''KP:''' "...and obviously, we've got Wreckers."<br/>
'''NR:''' "Wot?"<br/>
'''KP:''' "Wreckers... no? Um, a bunch of guys..."<br/>
'''NR:''' "Great balls, I'm supposed to be [expletive deleted] writing and drawing that!"|'''Nick Roche''' suddenly realizes the enormity of his looming workload in the midst of an August 2009 interview}}

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|next=The Transformers (IDW)|title=''The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers'' issues:|content=
* [[Bullets]]
* [[Dead Men's Boots]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|#1]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|#2]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|#3]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|#4]]
* [[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|#5]]
}}

==Overview==
{{quote|Hey! You look like a mark: wanna buy some action and adventure? Sure you do, you gullible chump. And what better place to find it than in Roche & Roberts' 'Last Stand of The Wreckers'! It's about [[Garrus-9|a prison]] that fell to the Decepticons a coupla years back, but since then something screwy has occurred, and neither side - Autobot or Decepticon - has had any communication with The Last Resort since. When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] aren't available, and when you've got a bunch of Euro-exclusive toys that aren't too busy, then it's time to send for The Wreckers!|Nick Roche <ref>[http://tfio.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=staffaves&action=display&thread=716 Transformers Ireland Online]</ref>}}

{{quote|It's a story of sacrifice and betrayal, and of good people dying in ''stupid, pointless ways''.|[[Verity Carlo]]}}

===Notes===
* In an interview, Roche said that he would be playing with the idea that the Wreckers has "an ever-changing line-up". <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview by Moonbase Two]</ref>
* This series is like [[Christmas]] if you love minor characters. New Wreckers [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] and [[Pyro]] had not been in ''any'' previous fiction before, and [[Rotorstorm]] had only had a minor cameo; the same is true of most of the evil [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]], and [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s only previous English-language fiction had been cameo appearances. Hell, even [[Fearswoop (G1)|Fearswoop]] shows up at one point. All of these guys had [[Generation 1 (European toyline)|European toys]] in the early 90s: it's time for a ''new'' decade to get the nostalgia!
** Then add in Ultra Magnus (who worked with the Wreckers in Marvel UK), [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (a frequent Marvel UK character), [[Impactor|the first issue cliffhanger]], [[Squadron X]]...
* The violence is deliberate, to make it absolutely unambiguous when Transformers are getting killed. <ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=601856 Moonbase 2 interview]</ref>
** The deaths of protagonists are uniformly all horrible and potentially avoidable, and none of them are glorious battles to the death. A recurring theme, brought up in #3 and #5, is of good people dying in pointless ways.
* Overlord was chosen as a villain since Roche and Roberts figured nobody else would be using him, so there'd be no contradictions.
* Both Scorponok and Grimlock were originally intended to be large players in the series. [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (his consciousness taken out of [[Abraham Dante]] and put back in his body by Shockwave) would have acted as Overlord's go to guy for crazy science and would develop [[Nucleon]] as a steroid analogue. The nucleon would power fighters up but damage their mental state. Scorponok would have solved the problem of not having a head by stealing [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus']]. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] would have been dosed up on nucleon, trapping him in his dinosaur form, and rendering him a psychotic beast. Overlord was to have gone on to use him as the final opponent for anyone who progressed far enough in the arena. It was then intended that Overlord's defeat would come from the Wreckers knocking him into the arena with the enraged Grimlock. Although Grimlock did indeed have a minor part in the series, it was decided to deliberately minimalise any 'big name' characters at Garrus-9 so as not to overshadow the Wreckers. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2uzQB1GqS0 Auto Assembly 2010 Last Stand of the Wreckers Panel]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9DPbginVXE Moonbase 2's AA2010 interview], 30:06 - 31:03</ref>
* Either Springer, Perceptor or Kup ''were'' going to die during planning, but in the end Roche and Roberts weren't allowed to do it. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9DPbginVXE Moonbase 2's AA2010 interview], 19:00 - 19:40</ref> Impactor, however, was ''never'' going to die!
* The back of the comic features character profiles, designed as entries on an internal Autobot database called "[[Autopedia]]". The entries are stubs, but you can help the Transformers' wiki by expanding them!
* The trade paperback features different profiles than the individual issues. The TPB profiles use British spelling.

{{quote|"Nick, James and Josh actually did those [profiles] completely free of charge to add something EXTRA to the comic for you because they love you."|'''[[Andy Schmidt]]''' <ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=7747 IDW forums]</ref>}}

==Collections==
* ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' TPB <small>([[September 1]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600107168 / ISBN 978-1600107160</small>
:*Extras include the 11-page prose story "[[Bullets]]", the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' "[[Dead Men's Boots]]", [[profile]]s for Snare and Overlord, a "movie poster" of the series, a page of "Fisitron's Facts," and a page of sketches called "Prison Slops".
:*A cover gallery is ''not'' included, but in light of what we got, who cares!
:*The profiles that were in the miniseries ''aren't'' in the trade. Roche told Moonbase 2 in 2010 that this was deliberate because he and IDW want to ''[[to sell toys|sell more comics]]''. We still love ya, Nick!
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Six]]'' <small>(May 1, 2012)</small>


==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE#t=21m45s Moonbase 2 interview with Nick Roche about the series.] — AutoAssembly 2009, [[August 24]], [[2009]]
* [http://www.oneshallstand.com/articles/wreckers.html One Shall Stand interview with Roche and Roberts]

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The Transformers: Bumblebee

2011-12-13T18:34:16Z

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{{disambig2|the IDW comic miniseries|characters named Bumblebee|Bumblebee (disambiguation)}}
[[Image:Transformers Bumblebee 1B.jpg|thumb|250px|Back to [[GEEWUN]]? Can I have a [[Pretender]] shell at least?]]
'''''The Transformers: Bumblebee''''' is a 4-issue limited series published by [[IDW Publishing]] from [[2009]]–[[2010]] and set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]].

The miniseries serves as sort of a maxi-''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and runs concurrently with the new [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]]. The events follow the ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' maxiseries, among other things.

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers (IDW)|next=The Transformers (IDW)|title=''The Transformers: Bumblebee'' issues:|content=
* [[The Hanging Sword|#1]]
* [[The Impossible Knot|#2]]
* [[The Gift Horse|#3]]
* [[Wings of Wax|#4]]
}}

==Overview==
Although Bumblebee was elected as Autobot leader, he gets little respect, as Autobots strike out on their own or disrespect his authority. A rogue faction within Skywatch contacts the Autobots and sets up a meeting with Bumblebee to enlist the Autobots' help in capturing Decepticons. Bumblebee agrees and the bots are fitted with special badges to cloak them from the main Skywatch force, but when the Colonel orders the capture of Blurr and resentment ensues, the Autobots learn that the badges also have the ability to immobilize them.
{{issuestub}}

==Creative team==
''Transformers: Bumblebee'' is written by [[Zander Cannon]] and illustrated by [[Chee Yang Ong]], who both worked on stories in ''All Hail Megatron Coda''. [[Moose Baumann]] provides colors. [[Guido Guidi]] and [[Josh Burcham]] team up to provide alternate covers.

==Notes==
*The events of the miniseries take place between issues 3 and 5 of [[The Transformers (IDW)|the ongoing title]].
*According to [[Andy Schmidt]], this miniseries was intended to appeal mainly to younger readers, while still fitting into the main storyline.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=166855#166855 Andy Schmidt explains which audience each of the current (January 2010) running series is aimed towards.]</ref>
* The titles of all four issues are derived from incidents in Greek mythology and legend (the sword of Damocles, the Gordian Knot, the Trojan Horse and the flight of Icarus). There is [[Transformers: Micromasters#Notes|precedent]] for this, albeit less high-falutin'.

==Collections==
* ''The Transformers: Bumblebee'' TPB <small>(July 29, 2010 ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1600107028 / ISBN 978-1600107023</small>
:* Bonus material unknown
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Six]]'' <small>(May 1, 2012)</small>


==External link==
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23471 Comicbookresources article]

==References==
<references/>

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The Transformers (IDW)

2011-12-13T18:34:10Z

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{{disambig3|Transformers}}
[[Image:IDW_TF_vol1.jpg|thumb|250px|You know you love it!]]
'''''The Transformers''''' is an ongoing series published by [[IDW Publishing]], set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. It is set three years after the events of the ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' miniseries.

Published monthly from November [[2009]], it went bi-weekly from July [[2011]] until December [[2011]], alternating between two stories as part of the '''CHAOS''' event. After that wraps up in issue #31, a one-shot (formerly labeled Issue #125) entitled ''[[The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' will be published, and then the title will be replaced by two new monthly ongoings, ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets the Eye]]''.

Although it was not included within the main run when published as individual issues, the collected edition of the ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'' is numbered as volume 4 in the Ongoing series.

''[[Spotlight: Prowl]]'' will also be collected in a volume of the ongoing, due to the cancellation of the Spotlight series. It was also originally intended to be included within the ongoing run, but was brought forward due to negative fan reaction to Prowl's characterisation in the first arc of the ongoing series.

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|next=The Death of Optimus Prime|title=''The Transformers'' issues:|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">v1:</div>
* [[...For All Mankind|#1]]
* [[New Arrivals, Old Encounters|#2]]
* [[A Rude Awakening|#3]]
* [[Seasons in Flight|#4]]
* [[Enemies of the System|#5]]
* [[Earthworks|#6]]
<br><div class="list-header">v2:</div>
* [[All His Engines‎|#7]]
* [[Scrapper (issue)|#8]]
* [[International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|#9]]
* [[International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|#10]]
* [[International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|#11]]
* [[International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|#12]]
<br><div class="list-header">v3:</div>
* [[Heart Like a Wheel‎|#13]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|#14]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|#15]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies‎|#16]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome‎|#17]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|#18]]
<br><div class="list-header">v4:</div>
* see article: ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]''
<br><div class="list-header">v5:</div>
* [[Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|#19]]
* [[Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|#20]]
* [[Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|#21]]
* [[Chaos Theory Part 1|#22]]
* [[Chaos Theory Part 2|#23]]
<br><div class="list-header">v6:</div>
* ''[[Spotlight: Prowl]]''
* [[Police Action: Part 1|#25]]
* [[Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|#27]]
* [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|#29]]
<br><div class="list-header">v7:</div>
* [[Chaos Part One: Lamentations|#24]]
* [[Chaos Part Two: Numbers|#26]]
* [[Chaos Part Three: Kings|#28]]
* [[Chaos Part Four: Genesis|#30]]
* [[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|#31]]
}}

{{quote|noquote=true|"It's been three years since the devastating events of ''All Hail Megatron''. The Earth has been rebuilt, the AUTOBOTS are in hiding, and the next great era in the Transformers saga is about to begin!"|'''IDW solicitation'''}}

==Overview==
{{ongoing}}
With their members running low on energon and slowly being captured by [[Skywatch]], tension is high amongst the [[Autobot]]s. After a rescue raid led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] results in [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s death, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] surrenders to Skywatch. Hot Rod takes the opportunity to try and leave the planet, and several others join him. Those who remain elect [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as their new leader. Hot Rod's group is attacked by Decepticons who were left behind or who arrived on Earth after their main force left. However, they decide that fighting is senseless and agree to work together to try and escape from Earth. Meanwhile, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrives to investigate the death of Ironhide and surrender of Optimus. More Autobots, fearing they will be arrested by Magnus, also go AWOL, but most of them are captured by Skywatch and used as a bargaining tool by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to force information out of Optimus Prime. Ultra Magnus decides to go after Hot Rod. [[Thundercracker (G1) |Thundercracker]], having been shot down by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|three years previously]], starts to develop admiration for Earth and its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Magnus arrives at Hot Rod's camp and attempts to capture [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but is stopped by Hot Rod. He also fails in trying to get Hot Rod to disassemble the ship his party is building to get off Earth.

==Creative team==
The series is mainly written by [[Mike Costa]], who penned two of the stories in ''All Hail Megatron Coda''. Issues #22 and #23 will be written by [[James Roberts]], and 4-part "Chaos" arc (#24, #26, #28 and #30) will be co-credited to Costa and Roberts.

Line-art for the first 6-issue story-arc was provided by fan-favorite, [[Don Figueroa]], officially marking his return from Transformers hiatus. Don's art was modified somewhat to make the Transformers more technically complex (more like the [[live-action film series|movie 'bots]]) but still recognizable to their classic designs. [[James Brown]] provides colors. Alternate covers for issues 2–7 were by Transformers veteran [[Andrew Wildman]].

Volume 2 (issues 7–12) had a bit more variation. "-Ations" artist [[E. J. Su]] and [[Javier Saltares]] illustrated issues 7 and 8 respectively. ''All Hail Megatron'' artist [[Guido Guidi]] returned to draw the 4-part arc, ''International Incident'', running from issues 9–12.

Volume 3 started with [[Nick Roche]] drawing issue 13, while Figueroa returned, intending to illustrate the following arc, titled "Revenge of the Decepticons". Alternate covers for this were provided by Roche. However, Figueroa again stepped away from the comic due to a new job after #15, and was replaced by [[Alex Milne]] for the remainder of the arc (issues 16–18). Milne kept Don's designs, but tweaked them to his own style, and gave the faces a more traditional appearance.

Volumes 5 and 6 will also have a variety of artists. Issue 21 ("Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix") was drawn by Guido Guidi and [[Brendan Cahill]], while Milne will return for the 2-part "Chaos Theory" (issues 22 and 23). The 4-part "Chaos" (even-numbered issues 24–30) will be drawn by [[Livio Ramondelli]] and the 3-part "The Last Earth Story" (issues 25, 27 and 29) will by Brendan Cahill. "Chaos Epilogue" (issue 31) will be drawn by [[Casey Coller]] <ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=9451&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=135</ref>.

==Collections==
* ''The Transformers: Volume 1: For All Mankind'' <small>([[June 9]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600106846 / ISBN 978-1600106842</small>
:* Bonus material includes: art from all covers, including design sketches from [[Don Figueroa]].

* ''The Transformers: Volume 2: International Incident'' <small>([[December 8]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600108040 / ISBN 978-1600108044</small>
:* Bonus material includes: art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons'' <small>([[July 27]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1600109810 / ISBN 978-1600109812</small>
:* Bonus material includes art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa and [[Marcelo Matere]].

* ''The Transformers: Volume 4: Heart of Darkness'' <small>([[September 27]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1613770510 / ISBN 978-1613770511</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 5: Chaos Theory'' <small>([[November 2]], [[2011]] ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1613770901 / ISBN 978-1613770900</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 6: Police Action'' <small>([[February 21]], [[2012]], ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1613771649 / ISBN 978-1613771648</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 7: Chaos'' <small>([[March 20]], [[2012]] ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1613771401 / ISBN 978-1613771402</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Six]]'' <small>(May 1, 2012)</small>
:Collects ''The Transformers'' #1—#6.

==Notes==
* In early November 2009, IDW released a three page preview of the first issue... from the ''end'' of the comic, instead of the front like they normally do. That's right, the company ''itself'' released major spoilers that blew the ending of the first issue. <ref>http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23587</ref> Head editor [[Andy Schmidt]] stated the reason for this was "we realized that we need to let people know why this book is important." <ref>http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23606</ref>

* ''The Transformers'' is constantly advertised as IDW's first ongoing ''Transformers'' comic series, which is weird considering that IDW stressed over and over after the release of [[Infiltration issue 0|''Infiltration'' #0]] that that was the start of an ongoing series and not just a miniseries.{{fact}}

==References==
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[[Image:IDW_TF_vol1.jpg|thumb|250px|You know you love it!]]
'''''The Transformers''''' is an ongoing series published by [[IDW Publishing]], set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. It is set three years after the events of the ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' miniseries.

Published monthly from November [[2009]], it went bi-weekly from July [[2011]] until December [[2011]], alternating between two stories as part of the '''CHAOS''' event. After that wraps up in issue #31, a one-shot (formerly labeled Issue #125) entitled ''[[The Death of Optimus Prime]]'' will be published, and then the title will be replaced by two new monthly ongoings, ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets the Eye]]''.

Although it was not included within the main run when published as individual issues, the collected edition of the ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'' is numbered as volume 4 in the Ongoing series.

''[[Spotlight: Prowl]]'' will also be collected in a volume of the ongoing, due to the cancellation of the Spotlight series. It was also originally intended to be included within the ongoing run, but was brought forward due to negative fan reaction to Prowl's characterisation in the first arc of the ongoing series.

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|next=The Death of Optimus Prime|title=''The Transformers'' issues:|align=left|content=
<div class="list-header">v1:</div>
* [[...For All Mankind|#1]]
* [[New Arrivals, Old Encounters|#2]]
* [[A Rude Awakening|#3]]
* [[Seasons in Flight|#4]]
* [[Enemies of the System|#5]]
* [[Earthworks|#6]]
<br><div class="list-header">v2:</div>
* [[All His Engines‎|#7]]
* [[Scrapper (issue)|#8]]
* [[International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|#9]]
* [[International Incident Part 2: "Ranks of Bronze"|#10]]
* [[International Incident Part 3: "Hawk Among the Sparrows"|#11]]
* [[International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"|#12]]
<br><div class="list-header">v3:</div>
* [[Heart Like a Wheel‎|#13]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|#14]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|#15]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies‎|#16]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome‎|#17]]
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|#18]]
<br><div class="list-header">v4:</div>
* see article: ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]''
<br><div class="list-header">v5:</div>
* [[Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|#19]]
* [[Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|#20]]
* [[Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|#21]]
* [[Chaos Theory Part 1|#22]]
* [[Chaos Theory Part 2|#23]]
<br><div class="list-header">v6:</div>
* ''[[Spotlight: Prowl]]''
* [[Police Action: Part 1|#25]]
* [[Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|#27]]
* [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|#29]]
<br><div class="list-header">v7:</div>
* [[Chaos Part One: Lamentations|#24]]
* [[Chaos Part Two: Numbers|#26]]
* [[Chaos Part Three: Kings|#28]]
* [[Chaos Part Four: Genesis|#30]]
* [[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|#31]]
}}

{{quote|noquote=true|"It's been three years since the devastating events of ''All Hail Megatron''. The Earth has been rebuilt, the AUTOBOTS are in hiding, and the next great era in the Transformers saga is about to begin!"|'''IDW solicitation'''}}

==Overview==
{{ongoing}}
With their members running low on energon and slowly being captured by [[Skywatch]], tension is high amongst the [[Autobot]]s. After a rescue raid led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] results in [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s death, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] surrenders to Skywatch. Hot Rod takes the opportunity to try and leave the planet, and several others join him. Those who remain elect [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as their new leader. Hot Rod's group is attacked by Decepticons who were left behind or who arrived on Earth after their main force left. However, they decide that fighting is senseless and agree to work together to try and escape from Earth. Meanwhile, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrives to investigate the death of Ironhide and surrender of Optimus. More Autobots, fearing they will be arrested by Magnus, also go AWOL, but most of them are captured by Skywatch and used as a bargaining tool by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to force information out of Optimus Prime. Ultra Magnus decides to go after Hot Rod. [[Thundercracker (G1) |Thundercracker]], having been shot down by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|three years previously]], starts to develop admiration for Earth and its inhabitants. Meanwhile, Magnus arrives at Hot Rod's camp and attempts to capture [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but is stopped by Hot Rod. He also fails in trying to get Hot Rod to disassemble the ship his party is building to get off Earth.

==Creative team==
The series is mainly written by [[Mike Costa]], who penned two of the stories in ''All Hail Megatron Coda''. Issues #22 and #23 will be written by [[James Roberts]], and 4-part "Chaos" arc (#24, #26, #28 and #30) will be co-credited to Costa and Roberts.

Line-art for the first 6-issue story-arc was provided by fan-favorite, [[Don Figueroa]], officially marking his return from Transformers hiatus. Don's art was modified somewhat to make the Transformers more technically complex (more like the [[live-action film series|movie 'bots]]) but still recognizable to their classic designs. [[James Brown]] provides colors. Alternate covers for issues 2–7 were by Transformers veteran [[Andrew Wildman]].

Volume 2 (issues 7–12) had a bit more variation. "-Ations" artist [[E. J. Su]] and [[Javier Saltares]] illustrated issues 7 and 8 respectively. ''All Hail Megatron'' artist [[Guido Guidi]] returned to draw the 4-part arc, ''International Incident'', running from issues 9–12.

Volume 3 started with [[Nick Roche]] drawing issue 13, while Figueroa returned, intending to illustrate the following arc, titled "Revenge of the Decepticons". Alternate covers for this were provided by Roche. However, Figueroa again stepped away from the comic due to a new job after #15, and was replaced by [[Alex Milne]] for the remainder of the arc (issues 16–18). Milne kept Don's designs, but tweaked them to his own style, and gave the faces a more traditional appearance.

Volumes 5 and 6 will also have a variety of artists. Issue 21 ("Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix") was drawn by Guido Guidi and [[Brendan Cahill]], while Milne will return for the 2-part "Chaos Theory" (issues 22 and 23). The 4-part "Chaos" (even-numbered issues 24–30) will be drawn by [[Livio Ramondelli]] and the 3-part "The Last Earth Story" (issues 25, 27 and 29) will by Brendan Cahill. "Chaos Epilogue" (issue 31) will be drawn by [[Casey Coller]] <ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=9451&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=135</ref>.

==Collections==
* ''The Transformers: Volume 1: For All Mankind'' <small>([[June 9]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600106846 / ISBN 978-1600106842</small>
:* Bonus material includes: art from all covers, including design sketches from [[Don Figueroa]].

* ''The Transformers: Volume 2: International Incident'' <small>([[December 8]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600108040 / ISBN 978-1600108044</small>
:* Bonus material includes: art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 3: Revenge of the Decepticons'' <small>([[July 27]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1600109810 / ISBN 978-1600109812</small>
:* Bonus material includes art from all covers, including design sketches from Don Figueroa and [[Marcelo Matere]].

* ''The Transformers: Volume 4: Heart of Darkness'' <small>([[September 27]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1613770510 / ISBN 978-1613770511</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 5: Chaos Theory'' <small>([[November 2]], [[2011]] ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1613770901 / ISBN 978-1613770900</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 6: Police Action'' <small>([[February 21]], [[2012]], ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1613771649 / ISBN 978-1613771648</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: Volume 7: Chaos'' <small>([[March 20]], [[2012]] ''Scheduled'') ISBN 1613771401 / ISBN 978-1613771402</small>
**Included extras are unknown at this time.

* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Six'' <small>(May 1, 2012)</small>
:Collects ''The Transformers'' #1—#6.

==Notes==
* In early November 2009, IDW released a three page preview of the first issue... from the ''end'' of the comic, instead of the front like they normally do. That's right, the company ''itself'' released major spoilers that blew the ending of the first issue. <ref>http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23587</ref> Head editor [[Andy Schmidt]] stated the reason for this was "we realized that we need to let people know why this book is important." <ref>http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23606</ref>

* ''The Transformers'' is constantly advertised as IDW's first ongoing ''Transformers'' comic series, which is weird considering that IDW stressed over and over after the release of [[Infiltration issue 0|''Infiltration'' #0]] that that was the start of an ongoing series and not just a miniseries.{{fact}}

==References==
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== Bludgeon ==
On the AHM #15 thread on the IDW boards, Denton stated that Last Stand of the Wreckers will delve into what went down on Garrus-9 and why Bludgeon is present in Coda. Could someone update the article to represent that?
:And ultimately it didn't. How many unresolved story points are there now, that IDW promised to resolve, and then forgot about them in hope that we will too?

== Evolutions? ==

Since this is yet another "Elseworld" for Transformers, is this series considered under the Evolutions umbrella?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::Not an AU. It's part of the main timeline. Basically, Autobots buggered off,and the cons have the run of the place. Far as I know, only bots on Earth are the Dinos, Hot Rod and Sunstreaker
:::Takes place a year later. In reality it WAS written as an Elseworld-style alternate universe storyline, but was vaugley reworked to fit into the current storyline. Judging by the interview with the writer, the decision seemed to be made soley for the purposes of marketing - IDW were evidently worried about turning off new readers with the serialised nature of Furman's storyline, so they essentially put that on the backburner and started a new storyline, that's why the writer remarked that you can just jump into the storyline without prior knowledge of the previous books because, hey, they weren't written with them in mind anyway. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:12, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

==Oh fark==
What the heck happened? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:32, 19 March 2009 (EDT)

:What's up with the copy protection on this page? Do you have to be an admin or something to edit it now? [[User:Rod-E-Mace|Rod-E-Mace]] 19:50, 25 April 2009 (EDT)
:: It got hit by some angry fans a few days back, so unregistered users are restricted from editing it. It also restricts editing from very new editors. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:58, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

==Ironhide==

I don't think the listed "glitches" with Ironhide from AHM #13 ''are'' glitches.
*(1) Ironhide willing to die for Prime when they met, AHM #4, versus an initially antagonist relationship, AHM #13. There's no contradiction here. Ironhide's a good soldier, willing to die for a commanding officer, even if he doesn't agree with him. That flows perfectly with his character. His line from AHM #4, "I would have died for him, Jazz, even back then.", suggests this. One way of reading it, of course, is they had a bromance from the beginning. But another way is that Ironhide would've died for him even when they were butting heads. It shouldn't be called a glitch or an error just because there's one way to interpret it that makes things contradict.
*(2) There's no indication Optimus and Ironhide actually knew each other in Spotlight: Blurr. Ironhide vanished before Optimus appeared on panel. There was no interaction between them at all. All soldiers don't know each other personally, even if they happen to be at the same battle. When Optimus and Blurr converse over the dead Autobot, Piston, Optimus mentions having "met him once...briefly." This indicates they were not in the same "platoon" or close group and, by extension, all Autobots present at that battle were not in the same close group. Spotlight: Blurr only shows Ironhide and Optimus crossed paths briefly before the AHM #13 flashback -- the show ''Lost'' has mega-history of similar "crossed paths" that aren't actual meetings.
*(3) AHM #8 says ''nothing'' about Ironhide being ignored by other Autobots. It said he passed up promotions to stay in the thick of things. That in no way contradicts the idea that Optimus Prime listens to him. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 21:13, 14 March 2010 (EDT)
:I agree with Xaaron. Trying to make up more inconsistencies just makes the page look more petty than it has to be. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:44, 14 March 2010 (EDT)
::Well at least ''now'' he's arguing beyond "they weren't in the exact same panel in Spotlight Blurr so they couldn't have known each other" as grounds to remove the whole thing. But yeah, his additional arguments make sense. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:47, 14 March 2010 (EDT)
:::Sue me. It's hard to make a complete argument on an editing blurb. :-) --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 21:58, 14 March 2010 (EDT)

== Ironhide, Optimus and Spotlight Blurr ==

So Xaaron is saying that Prime and Ironhide weren't even together in Spotlight: Blurr.

While it's true they weren't present on the same panel, they were part of the same squad and indeed in the exact same place, at the same time, together, so saying they weren't together at that time is like saying Kyle Reese and the Terminator weren't actually fighting each other in the bar because Michael Biehn and Arnold Schwarzenegger weren't together on-screen in any shots of the bar scene.

Let's look at how it goes down: Ironhide takes Blurr to cover. In the same building are two corpses. As Ironhide stays next to Blurr, there are two corpses next to them, who happen to be Piston and Fasttrack. In fact, Prime's voice is heard just as Blurr looks at Piston's corpse, which is one whole panel after Ironhide was next to Blurr. And then Blurr and Prime begin discussing. I'm sorry, but saying that Prime and Ironhide didn't know each other because they didn't share a panel is bullcrap. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:14, 14 March 2010 (EDT)

: That doesn't mean they didn't actually ''know'' each other. There are people in my department at work that I know by reputation, but wouldn't know face-to-face, and there are people I've seen around, but don't actually know anything about. Especially in what appears to be the haphazard early days of the war, it's entirely feasible two guys from two different units who've never really met could be fighting in the same area without really being aware of each other beyond "that guy over there." [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:26, 15 March 2010 (EDT)

== Coda ==

* The way Sunstreaker was treated in AHM #14 isn't any different from how Circuit Breaker treated "the machines" back in the old Marvel Comics. The Machination are just being cold and callous towards a lifeform too different from themselves for them to feel any empathy towards "it". They aren't denying Sunstreaker is alive at any point in the dialogue...they just don't care. As for the "It spoke!" scene, the Machination agent is likely just surprised Sunstreaker can speak in his current condition, not that he can speak at all.

* In AHM #16, ''The Man of Steel'' takes place over a year after AHM #12. Spike's men were depicted operating with "ray guns" as Manhattan was nearly rebuilt. ''Hidden'', on the other hand, seems to take place very soon after AHM #12, with people still in hiding and the fires of devastation still burning. The absence of ray guns is because the Shockwave Weapon hasn't been mass-produced yet. The two stories take place at two different points in the timeline, which explains any apparent "discrepancies". --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 17:53, 4 April 2010 (EDT)

==One year?==
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to bring it up. [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=178791#178791/ According to Andy Shmoot,] AHM took place over the course of over a year. That seems like a lot of time for the Decepticons to basically vandalize the United States and (maybe, depending on the issue,) some of China and the Middle East. It seems hard to swallow that they would have spent so much time on Earth and left Europe untouched, Megatron's plans aside. And this raises even more questions concerning the Autobots' ark. Does this seem worth adding to the notes? {{unsigned|JazZeke}}
:Sounds notable to bring up, and it definitely didn't seem like a year, but I wouldn't put it in the errors section. After all, it certainly explains why Starscream was so keen to lead a rebellion- a year is a long time to sit around doing nothing. It also allows plenty of time for the Decepticons not seen during the main series that we know were there (Stunticons, Axer, Swindle, etc.) to have shown up. IMO, it makes stuff make more sense (the Europe thing IS a bit odd, though).[[User:Ratbatman|Ratbatman]] 19:58, 20 April 2010 (EDT)

== Reprints ==

The second printing of volume 2 just came out, and since the Amazon price of volume 1 just went way down, I'm assuming its second printing just came out as well. Any plans to reprint Coda anytime soon? --[[User:Zormo|Zormo]] 15:16, 23 June 2010 (EDT)
:None that I've heard of.
:Thank God. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 15:27, 23 June 2010 (EDT)
Coda's not that bad. Should have gone with the title "Aftermath," and dropping the name AHM, but Coda's good stories are enough to outweigh its bad ones.--[[Special:Contributions/75.33.218.27|75.33.218.27]] 17:12, 23 June 2010 (EDT)
:Stories plural? Aside from the one Nick Roche wrote I haven't found any "good" stories in Coda. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 17:17, 23 June 2010 (EDT)
That whole issue was good. 16 served its purpose, as the book was just a bridge to the Ongoing. 13 was okay, aside from the art. And 14 was just confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/75.33.218.27|75.33.218.27]] 17:34, 23 June 2010 (EDT)
:Indent your posts properly please.
:Anyway, I agree with Detour. The only good part of Coda was the thing that explained why Kup was up and about, since it fixed a major plothole while not continuing the (not-so) proud tradition of AHM introducing other major plotholes. --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 13:13, 24 June 2010 (EDT)

== Body height ==

How tall are the characters in All Hail Megatron? They are certainly a lot taller than in g1, they look freaking HUGE! Humans only reach up to Skywarp's ankles! --[[Special:Contributions/193.170.48.178|193.170.48.178]] 07:23, 8 December 2010 (EST)
:That was a constant in IDW even before AHM. A choice to make them seem even mightier and scarier to the human supporting cast, I would suppose. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:38, 8 December 2010 (EST)

== Spreads ==
I did a count. The twelve issues of All Hail Megatron have thirteen one-page spreads and two double-page spreads. Issue Three alone had three spreads! (Now wonder I hate spreads now.) I think this is information worthy of the Items of Note - it certainly verifies many peoples' feelings about the series being too bloated and drawn out. -JazZeke (forgot to sign in)

== Collections (someone with rights please add) ==

* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Five]]'' <small>(December 14, 2011) ISBN 978-1613770528</small>

The Transformers: Drift

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[[Image:Drift TPB.jpg|thumb|right|230px|"Have I mentioned that I am Japanese today?"]]
'''''The Transformers: Drift''''' is a four-issue, bi-weekly<ref>[http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2010/03/transformational-drift.html Chris Ryall blogs about Transformers: Drift.]</ref> limited series starring, well, [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], and delving deep into his mysterious past. It is set in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]].

Because '''you''' demanded it!

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==Overview==
{{quote|What was it that caused one of the Decepticon's most ruthless soldiers to turn his back on the Decepticon army and what is the ancient secret that lies hidden deep within an alien planet? All this and more as the origin of the newest Autobot, [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], is finally revealed!}}

==Creative team==
Written by [[Shane McCarthy]] with art by [[Alex Milne]] and colors by [[Josh Perez]].

==Notes==
* Ha ha ha ha ha ha
* The series was leaked due to an Amazon.com listing of its trade paperback,<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Drift-Shane-McCarthy/dp/1600107680/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268585225&sr=8-1 Amazon.com listing for the Transformers: Drift trade paperback]</ref> which prompted [[Chris Ryall]] to make an official announcement on his blog.

==Collections==
* ''Transformers: Drift'' TPB <small>([[January 18]], [[2011]]) ISBN 1600107680 / ISBN 978-1600108556</small>
:* Bonus material includes all covers, as well as character sketches by Alex Milne.

* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four]]'' <small>(May 25, 2011) ISBN 978-1600109386</small>


==References==
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The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots

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[[Image:AllHailGrimlock.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me [[Simon Furman|Grimlock]] coming for [[Shane McCarthy|you]]!]]
'''''The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots''''' is a 5-issue miniseries published by [[IDW Publishing]], set in the primary [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. The miniseries was originally published from December 2008 to April 2009. It features [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], his [[Machination]] and [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] army, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]/[[Hunter O'Nion|Hunter]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Skywatch]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]].

''Maximum Dinobots'' is written by [[Simon Furman]] and penciled by [[Nick Roche]] (with help from [[James Raiz]]). Colors were handled by [[Josh Burcham]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].

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* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 2|#2]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 3|#3]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 4|#4]]
* [[Maximum Dinobots issue 5|#5]]
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==Overview==
Scorponok manipulates Grimlock and the Dynobots to cause chaos in Fallon, Nevada so that he can send in his Headmasters in to save the day. He hopes this would give his company the government contracts to protect against extraterrestrial attacks, and eventually worm his way into the secret levels of society, thus allowing him to take control of Earth.

Hot Rod tracks him down and he is beaten to a pulp for his efforts. Sunstreaker and Hunter are also after the Machination to recover Sunstreaker's real head, which would also stop the Headmaster army. Scorponok gives the Dynobots too much mental control and they recover their personalities, but the group is overwhelmed by the Headmaster army until help arrives from the Monsterbots, whom Grimlock contacted earlier.

Skywatch activates Shockwave and, using a bomb implanted in his head, coerces him to hunt down the renegade Transformers. Shockwave doublecrosses them however, tracks down Soundwave and makes a deal to free them both from their respective "prisons". The Dynobots, badly injured, have the Monsterbots take them to Scorponok's base, where a prideful Grimlock leads an attack on the Sunstreaker clones. Sunstreaker himslf meets up with Hot Rod, and breaks in, searching for his head. Scorponok damages his new body, but Hunter escapes, and seemingly sacrifices Sunstreaker to deactivate the clones. The Dynobots are attacked by both Shockwave and Scorponok. Sludge is deactivated

Grimlock is overcome with grief, and orders the other Dynobots to pull out without him. As he tries to revive Sludge, Scorponok and Shockwave battle. Shockwave emerges the victor and allows Scorponok to escape. An enraged Grimlock attacks Shockwave. Sludge revives and the Dynobots return. Grimlock sends them after Scorponok. They meet up with Hot Rod and disable Scorponok. Shockwave is freed from Skywatch's control by Soundwave, who is in turn released from his transformation lock. Shockwave attempts to abandon the battle, but Grimlock disables both himself and Shockwave with a grenade. Ultra Magnus arrives on the scene, taking Grimlock and the Decepticons into custody. Sunstreaker survives, and Hunter is separated from him by Ratchet. Verity and Jimmy are revealed to be alive and well. The Dynobots repair their ship and Grimlock makes a deal for their continued freedom.

At least, for [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|now]]...

==Notes==
* Originally, the series was intended to be issues #27–31 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering", filling more than half of the previously confirmed eight-issue gap between the four ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]''s and ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. However, Simon Furman later threw doubt on this plan<ref>http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/script-wrap-%E2%80%94-max/#comment-3651 Simon Furman: "...those three issues remain very much 'To be confirmed' at the moment. If, indeed, the sub-numbering still applies. Plans should firm up in the next few months."</ref>, and [[Chris Ryall]] eventually confirmed its abandonment.<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=4270&start=53#81142 Chris Ryall: "The sub-numbering was just getting too confusing, so we decided it best to stop that before everyone's heads exploded trying to keep track. Overlapping storylines set at different points in the continuity seemed confusing enough."</ref> The numeration of the TPB now remain the only indication of an actual reading order of the different arcs. Though ''Revelation'' was numbered with the other ''Spotlight''s, both it and Maximum Dinobots spin directly out of ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]''.
* The series nicely wraps up all of the outstanding plots created by Simon Furman.
* Shane McCarthy has said he heard of ''Maximum'' when he was writing [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9 of ''All Hail Megatron'']], and believes Simon was writing this mini-series with the plot of ''All Hail Megatron'' in mind.<ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=11723 Shane McCarthy podcast interview]</ref>
* The [[Monsterbot]]s finally got some action. About time.

==Collections==
* ''Maximum Dinobots'' TPB <small>([[July 9]], 2009) ISBN 1600104789 / ISBN 978-1600104787</small>
:Bonus material includes covers from each issue, art of the Dynobots and a Dynobots size comparison page.

* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four]]'' <small>(May 25, 2011) ISBN 978-1600109386</small>


==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maximum Dinobots}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

Spotlight: Jazz

2011-12-13T18:28:25Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']]'' #21''
|prev=Spotlight: Blurr
|next=Spotlight: Drift
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Jazz"
|image=Spotlight Jazz a.jpg
|caption=Eat fist, dig?
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 1]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=March 2009
|written by=[[Josh van Reyk]] & [[Shaun Knowler]]
|art by=[[E. J. Su]]
|colors by=[[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]] & [[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#|unknown]]
}}
'''Tracks inspires the Autobots with a tale about Jazz facing the Predacons.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Cliffjumper vents his frustration on a wall in one of the [[Autobot]]s' hideout bunkers, upset over how the they were put there by the [[Decepticon]]s. Bumblebee tries to calm him down, but they end up arguing. It is ended quickly by Tracks, who says that the Autobots still have hope. When questioned by the two about what he means, Tracks tells them a story...

''Long ago, before [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s rampage, Tracks was just another soldier who had been ambushed by Decepticons. Battered, almost blinded, and going into a temporary [[stasis lock]], he is the lone survivor of his unit. Suddenly, he hears someone. It's Jazz, who has come to rescue him. Tracks, not seeing him clearly, asks Jazz if he's an Autobot, to which Jazz replies in the affirmative. Jazz calls for a [[Autobot shuttle|transport shuttle]], but as soon as it arrives, it gets blown up. Tracks' [[transition cog]] is badly damaged, so Jazz decides to carry him to safety. Above, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s observe. Rampage asks Razorclaw to kill them from there, but Razorclaw says that "a worthy prey such as he, deserves a more hands-on approach".''

''Jazz and Tracks manage to hide, but Jazz believes that whoever shot down the shuttle would come and kill them, so he hatches a plan to strike back. Tracks thinks that a simple [[plasma rifle]] wouldn't take out a whole Decepticon squad; Jazz says that he's right, but tries a little improvisation with his auxiliary [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] reservoir. Tracks thinks he's crazy, but Jazz tells him that if they work together, they'll make it out alive and to have faith. Suddenly, the Predacons call them out. Tracks realizes who killed his team. Jazz tells him to fight them off, but Tracks believes that Jazz IS crazy. Jazz says that he'd normally run for it if it was just five other Decepticons, but it's just the Predacons, and tells Tracks to trust him.''

''Outside, Headstrong and Tantrum get impatient and want to after them, but Razorclaw tells them to restrain themselves. Tracks fires off a shot, and taunts the Predacons, calling them "[[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] rejects"'' (at the time he taunted them, he knew that he was aggravating the Predacons). ''Razorclaw tells Tracks that he was hoping to be lenient at Tracks and save the fun for his friend, but decides to kill Tracks instead. But before the Predacons can do anything, Jazz sneaks up on Tantrum and slices his neck, then grabs his arm, takes his sword, and slashes at him. Jazz transforms into vehicle mode and picks up Tracks by running into him. Headstrong and Rampage transform and goes after them, but they fall into Jazz's explosive trap and are taken out immediately. Jazz and Tracks stop to hide, but Razorclaw and Divebomb finds them. Razorclaw says that he is impressed with Jazz, because he had taken out three Predacons. However, Razorclaw is getting fed up, and wants to end this.''

''Tracks whines, saying that they're surrounded and that they deserved to die, but Jazz shuts him up. Jazz's team on the shuttle that the Predacons blew up were his friends, and that they gave their sparks to save Tracks. Jazz then goes on to say that when an Autobot puts on a [[Autobrand|badge]], they've made a promise to both themselves, the citizens of Cybertron, and every Autobot past, present, and future: "We don't give up. We don't lose hope"'' (Tracks tells this to a slowly gathering group of stranded Autobots). ''Tracks asks what they should do now, to which Jazz replies that they '''don't'''. Tracks is to pick a direction and start walking, while Jazz buys some time for him. Tracks tries to protest, but Jazz says that he always wanted to go out in style.''

''Jazz meets with the two Predacons, while Tracks manages to walk unnoticed to the three. Tracks can "see" them, then decides to risk his spark by transforming into his flying Cybertronian car mode and flies at Divebomb, knocking them both into stasis. With Jazz and Razorclaw by themselves, they battle one-on-one against each other. Both gain an advantage each time, but when Razorclaw slashes at Jazz, reclaims his sword, and is about to strike down Jazz, he is struck by a laser blast from another transport shuttle. Razorclaw takes the time to make a vanishing act, as the shuttle lands and Jazz is greeted by Ironhide and Bluestreak, who says that they found them by following the explosions.''

''Jazz and Tracks were rescued. On the way back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Jazz briefs Ironhide on their run-in with the Predacons, but didn't say anything about Tracks, to which he didn't mind. But as soon as Jazz appeared in Tracks' life, he was gone. While resting in the repair chamber, Tracks asks Ironhide who the Autobot who saved him was, to which Ironhide relies that he wanted to give him a message. The message was to say that Tracks is an Autobot, and to "never forget what that means."''

Tracks says that the Autobots have seen terrible times, seen awful things, and would have had the chance to walk away from it, but they didn't and neither should they right now because they're the Autobots, and as long as they stay true to that, they'll never be truly defeated, to which the Autobots listening to Tracks agree with. Prowl walks away to talk to Jazz, who looks out gloomily at the ruins of Cybertron. Prowl tells Jazz about Tracks' story, to which Jazz asks him if it's the one about "that mysterious Super Autobot" who took on the Predacons alone, which results in a puzzled look from Prowl.

Jazz is happy that Tracks told his story, because what they need is a little hope. When the two go back inside, Jazz sends the Autobots back on patrol. Jazz then goes over to Tracks and reminds him of the situation, and he even admits to Tracks that he's feeling a little down himself, but then says thanks to Tracks with a smile, to which Tracks does the same.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (1)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (3)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (5)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (6)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (13)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (15)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (16)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (17)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (18)
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (19)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (20)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (21)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (22)
|c2=
*[[Headstrong]] (7)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (8)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (9)
*[[Tantrum]] (10)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Besides...we still have hope."<br />
"Hahaha. Did you seriously just say that, Tracks?"<br />
"And whadda you know about it, Commander Wax-N-Buff? When have you ever gotten your hands dirty?"<br />

:– '''Bumblebee''' and '''Cliffjumper''' give '''Tracks''' grief about his positive attitude.

"This is really bad, isn't it?"<br />
"Yup."<br />
"Do you have a plan?"<br />
"Yup."<br />
"Care to share it?"<br />
"Yup. You're gonna pick a fight with them."<br />
"WHAT?!"<br />

:– '''Tracks''' and '''Jazz''' discuss strategy for surviving an attack by the Predacons

"Ironhide! How'd you bots find us?"<br />
"Heh, same way we usually do...just followed the explosions."<br />
:– '''Jazz''' and '''Ironhide'''

== Errors ==
*As he walks away after hearing Tracks's story, Sideswipe is coloured in Sunstreaker's colours.

== Items of note ==
* '''Cameos:''' [[Switch and Flint]] (both deactivated)
* This issue was released between ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 9|#9]] and [[All Hail Megatron issue 10|#10]], but everything in it takes place before that point. The bulk of the story is a flashback to pre-[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] Cybertron. The beginning and end, set in the "present," feature the Autobots in their ''All Hail'' setting, but judging by the absence of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s crew, it must take place either during or before [[All Hail Megatron issue 4|issue #4]].
* This comic was written by Josh van Reyk and Shaun Knowler, who are in charge of ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', an [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]-blessed series of single-page [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] fan-comics. It's little surprise, then, that this is a story ''about'' storytelling, with the despondent Autobots being uplifted by Tracks's tale.
* Sadly, the good vibes Tracks generates don't last into any part of ''All Hail Megatron''.
* It seems highly unlikely that Tracks still doesn't know that Jazz was the one who saved him, since Jazz's appearance hasn't changed very much, and presumably he still sounds the same. Neither of them is seen to acknowledge the truth, but we only see them interacting with or among other Autobots. Since the point of the initial anonymity was to emphasize that ''any'' Autobot was capable of such heroism, perhaps the two continue to keep mum to preserve their story's inspirational value.
* E.J. Su's drawing style is very different in this issue from his usual work. He may have been emulating [[Guido Guidi]]'s ''All Hail'' style.
* On Cover B, Jazz's license plate reads "MEISTER", which is his Japanese name.
* Includes sketches of Jazz in both modes by E.J. Su.

===Covers (3)===
{{picsneeded|Maybe a shot of Jazz's alt mode and some interiors}}
* '''Cover A:''' Jazz vs Razorclaw; art by [[E. J. Su]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Smiling Jazz holding gun; art and colors by [[Andrew Griffith]].
* '''Cover RI:''' cropped virgin uncolored version of cover A.
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight_Jazz_a.jpg|Scratch my paint again and I'll punch your optics out, man!
Image:Spotlight_Jazz_b.jpg|I'm as cool as an icicle in a snowstorm.
Image:Spotlight_Jazz_ri.jpg|Too cool for colors!
</gallery>

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[[Category: Spotlight issues|Jazz]]

Spotlight: Metroplex

2011-12-13T18:28:13Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']]'' #24''
|prev=Spotlight: Cliffjumper
|next=Spotlight: Prowl
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Metroplex"
|image=Spotlight metroplex cover A.jpg
|caption="Metroplex is my kinda town!"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 1]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=July 2009
|written by=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|art by=[[Marcelo Matere]]
|colors by= [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=Pre-[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]
}}
'''While on the run from Sixshot, the Throttlebots come across a mysterious Cybertronian ghost town.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Throttlebot]]s are stationed on the [[Orvus Base]] laboratory orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]], serving as couriers for a top-secret research project, when the base is attacked and destroyed by [[Sixshot]]. They escape in a ship as the only survivors of the attack — with Sixshot in hot pursuit — eventually making their way to [[Salvvatan VIII]], which they are surprised to discover has signs of [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] life. They land and make their way into the giant city on the planet, hoping to find someone who can help.

But as they drive through the city they discover it's eerily empty, though there's still supplies of [[energon (fuel)|energon]] available. Their searching and scavenging is eventually cut short when Sixshot catches up with them, and he promises that if they hand over the information on the destroyed lab's research he'll give them a merciful death. The Throttlebots decide to transform and make a break for it again, and Sixshot chases after them.
[[Image:SixshotTank SpotlightMetroplex.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Final Smash! ''LANDMASTER!'']]
His robot mode blasters send [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] crashing hard into a wall. He transforms into his tank mode and lands on [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]], running him over and crushing him, then blasts [[Wide Load]] with his turrets. He returns to robot mode and hauls the injured Freeway up, asking him if he's going to talk. All Freeway can do is groan in pain, so he tosses the Throttlebot aside and addresses the remaining three, telling them to come out and face him.

As the three follow his command, [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] asks how Sixshot can be back to normal again when he last saw the [[Decepticon]] as a zombie on [[Bhul]]'s moon. Sixshot explains that he traded some of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]' technology — specifically the [[space bridge]] schematics and failsafe overrides — to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in return for being restored to his normal self.

The Throttlebots tell Sixshot they're determined to go down fighting, and Sixshot starts to boast about how that will cost them, when [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] transforms and sideswipes Sixshot's leg, knocking him off balance. Sixshot grabs onto the Throttlebot with a hand, and Rollbar pulls Sixshot along behind him before deliberately crashing them both hard into a wall.

The impact causes an alarm to sound, with a voice calling out about an intruder alert and perimeter breach. Sixshot is distracted and confused for a moment, prompting Searchlight and Goldbug to try to get the jump on him. But the unimpressed Sixshot quickly rounds on and shoots both of them. He then approaches Searchlight and is about to finish him off with a close range headshot when a giant arm emerges from an opening in the city and pounds Sixshot into the ground. To Searchlight's amazement, Sixshot not only survives the impact but manages to stand up again, only to have the city — really [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] — transform into robot mode and step on him.
[[Image:MetroplexVehicleMode SpotlightMetroplex.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
As Searchlight, Goldbug, and Rollbar recover and stare up in amazement at the giant [[city-bot]], Metroplex states that his position has been compromised and they all need to leave. When Rollbar asks why, Metroplex explains that they need to hide, that since they found him there will be others who will come. Rollbar protests that there's a war going on, and that they need Metroplex's help, but the city-bot simply looks away sadly and tells them where they can find a shuttle and supplies. When Goldbug asks what kind of Autobot would abandon his own, Metroplex explains that he has a mission to protect "it", then transforms into a gigantic space vessel and takes off.

As the three Throttlebots head off to try and find the rest of their little group, they speculate what "it" might be. Searchlight has a theory, but refuses to share any details, much to Rollbar's irritation. Meanwhile, back in the impact crater of Metroplex's initial stomp, the crushed and battered Sixshot clenches one of his outstretched hands into a fist...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Chase (G1)|Chase]] (2)
* [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] (3)
* [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]] (4)
* [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] (5)
* [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] (6)
* [[Wide Load]] (7)
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (8)
|c2=
* [[Sixshot]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"Surrender. Hand over the lab's information. Die without pain. You don't want the alternative."
:—'''Sixshot''' gives the Throttlebots a choice between death and worse death.

"You're leaving us to die? What kind of Autobot '''are''' you?"<br />
"I HAVE A MISSION. A PURPOSE. TO KEEP IT SAFE. I WEEP FOR MY FELLOW AUTOBOTS BUT I CANNOT HELP THEM."
:—'''Goldbug''' and '''Metroplex'''

== Errors ==
* On page 4, Goldbug mistakenly addresses Chase as Freeway.
* Jhiaxus' name is consistently misspelled "Jiaxus".
{{note|Both errors are corrected in the trade paperback collection.}}

== Items of note ==
* '''Cameos:''' Sixshot's unknown Autobot victims (including [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]).
* An editor's note at the beginning states that the events in this issue start right before ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' #1.
* The issue consists of mainly 2-page spreads to illustrate Metroplex's sheer size.
* Due to IDW's subsequent relaunch of the series as a proper ongoing, as well as ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' and the [[The Transformers: Bumblebee|Bumblebee miniseries]], the Spotlights took a hiatus after this issue.
* Goldbug is ''not'' [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].
* Searchlight is altered from his ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'' appearance to look more like the other Throttlebots.

===Transformers references===
* A lamppost resembling [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Sunbow cartoon]] is seen on the side of the road leading to the city.
* Cover B references the cover of [[The_Transformers_(Marvel_comic)#Marvel_UK|Marvel UK]] comic #186 ''[[:Image:MarvelUK-186.jpg|Space Pirates!]]''
* The Throttlebots' guns are based on the ones they carried in their first Marvel Comics appearance, in "[[The Cure!]]".

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Wraparound cover of an angry Metroplex and the Throttlebots vs Sixshot; art by [[Marcelo Matere]] and colors by [[Priscilla Tramontano]].
* '''Cover B:''' Metroplex's GIGANTIC hand emerging from the ground, while the Throttlebots watch; art by [[Guido Guidi]] and colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Virgin (title-free) alternate of cover A.
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight metroplex cover A.jpg|"You guys are making me itch!"
Image:SpotlightMetroplex CoverB.jpg|Just before 'Plex flips the bird.
Image:SpotlightMetroplex CoverRI.jpg|Metroplex a virgin? I believe it. Who could satisfy him?!
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Metroplex]]

Spotlight: Drift

2011-12-13T18:27:57Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']]'' #22''
|prev=Spotlight: Jazz
|next=Spotlight: Cliffjumper
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Drift"
|image=Spotlight Drift Coller Lafuente.jpg
|caption="Look Scratchy, it's our new friend- Poochie!"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 8]], [[2009]]
|coverdate=April 2009
|written by=[[Shane McCarthy]]
|art by=[[Casey Coller]]
|colors by=[[Joana Lafuente]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#All Hail Megatron|Pre-All Hail Megatron]]
}}

'''Everyone deserves a second chance.'''

==Synopsis==
On an [[alien]] planet, inside a seedy bar, a female alien and her two cohorts meet with [[Drift (G1) | a shrouded figure]]. She gives him two cards, saying that they would take him so far as to the docking platforms. The cloaked figure thanks her, but she says that the thanks isn't necessary, but just as he's about to walk away, she mentions that the cruiser is [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]]. The stranger confirms it, as the female alien wonders why Cybertronians have docked on their planet. One of the female's cohorts take the time to mention his disgust of all Cybertronian, but the female shuts him up. When the cohort tries to remind her that she hates them as well, the figure mutters the word "[[Decepticon]]s".

The female goes on to say that the cruiser is a Decepticon vessel, and that they apparently came from the outer reaches, damaged and with Autobot prisoners. The alien is curious about the figure's interest in the vessel, and wants him to reconsider, saying that Cybertronians are the plague, bringing death and destruction with them. The figure isn't interested in her concern, but when she touches him, she realizes that he's Cybertronian as well. The figure bows and thanks her, then walks off. Outside the bar, the cloaked Cybertronian looks up and sees the Decepticon vessel above the city. Moments later, on top of the vessel the Cybertronian tosses his cloak away, activates some switches to turn off the vessel's security systems, then jumps inside. Landing quietly, he slides over to a hallway and sees some Decepticons talking. But just as he's about to make a move, a sudden explosion does the job, and the [[Wrecker]]s, led by Kup, enter the vessel. The Cybertronian laments "So much for quiet".

On the bridge, a Decepticon soldier warns Commander Turmoil that the ship has been breached. Turmoil angrily asks who did this, to which the soldier said that it's a small assault force that the sensors didn't pick up. Turmoil slams his fist in anger, realizing that it's Kup. Meanwhile, the Wreckers battle the Decepticon soldiers, all while wondering who the mysterious white Cybertronian is. He doesn't have a [[insignia|faction symbol]] on his chest, and the swords that he wields look familiar. Kup asks him why he's here, to which he replies that he was trying to sneak in. Perceptor examines him and is amazed that he had been recently upgraded in a matter that he hadn't seen since centuries. Kup isn't impressed and orders the Wreckers to move, while asking the Cybertronian to come with them. The Cybertronian insists on taking the lead, since he's here for the same reason.

In a large room, Perceptor senses Turmoil's group behind on of the locked doors, and they're attempting to break in his locks. But then, they suddenly stop. Perceptor decides to add several more blocks to the ones that he had planted in the system, and doesn't imagine that they will break through. Without warning, a beam pierces Perceptor in the chest, as Turmoil and his group fire away at the Wreckers. The Cybertronian rushes at Turmoil, ignoring Kup's orders. The Cybertronian is stopped by a small explosion, and Turmoil recognizes the Cybertronian as Deadlock. Deadlock runs away as Turmoil orders the traitor be destroyed. Turmoil charges his cannon arm and fires at a wall, causing Kup and Deadlock to fall down below.

[[Image:SpotlightDrift Deadlockisdead.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"The name's Poochie D, and I rock the telly. I'm half Joe Camel and a third Fonzarelli. I'm the kung fu hippie from gangsta city; I'm a rappin' surfer, you the fool I pity."]]

When they land, Kup now knows who Deadlock is: a Decepticon who slaughtered quite a few [[Autobot]]s. Deadlock says that he no longer goes by that name, and is no longer a Decepticon. Kup said that long ago, there used to be a third faction (actually more of a faction ''against'' factions), which was a large group of Cybertronians that refused to have any part of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. Kup believes that this faction either died or went into hiding from Cybertron. Most of the Autobots didn't care about them, because they were concerned about the war. Looking at Deadlock's sword, Kup is beginning to think differently, and asks him if the meeting had to do with him leaving the Decepticons, which Deadlock confirms. Kup thinks he's getting a second chance, but Deadlock says that he already has one. Kup knows, because Perceptor (who normally wouldn't be along with the Wreckers) kept an eye out on Kup, repairing and upgrading his body, making him ''even more'' better. With the talk over, Kup decides to move out, but Deadlock stops him; although he's not an Autobot, he has an idea to bring the ship down, and Kup is listening.

Later, inside the ship's core, Deadlock is finishing setting the core to overload its system in several minutes, which will tear the vessel apart. Kup is amazed that Deadlock knows about the ship, to which he replies that he used to serve under Turmoil. Kup says that Springer and the others made it out (except Perceptor) and are bringing their ship out. Deadlock sets the core system, but Turmoil appears from behind a part of the wall he blew up. Deadlock tells Kup to go, and Kup manages to exit just as Turmoil blasts at them.

Turmoil says that he thought he'd lost Deadlock. Deadlock says that that name is dead—he now wants to be known as Drift. Turmoil doesn't care and fires at him again, but Drift manages to evade the blasts and stabs at Turmoil's shoulders and slashes at his chest. Drift tells Turmoil that they're going about it the wrong way in the Great War. After countless centuries of fighting, the Autobots are a step away from the Decepticons when they started, and the Decepticons became something worse than they could imagine. Turmoil says that the Autobots would never accept an outcast like him, and asks Drift to kill him and run, proving that he's nothing more than when he left the Decepticons. Drift ''knows'' what he came for, then leaves the room just as the core starts to overload. After transforming briefly, Drift grabs Perceptor and they jump off the vessel just as it explodes.

Later on, Springer tells Kup that they will be docking with the ''[[Trion]]'' shortly, and that all six Autobots are accounted for, but Kup corrects him, saying that it's actually ''seven''. Kup tells Drift that he's forming a new unit, and wants him to join. Springer is stunned, but Drift accepts. Springer whispers to Kup that it wasn't wise, but Kup says that Drift proved himself down at the Decepticon vessel, and that there's more to fighting the war than blowing heads off. Besides, as Kup says, "everyone deserves a second chance".

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Drift (G1)|Deadlock/Drift]] (4)
*[[Twin Twist]] (10)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (11)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (12)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (13)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (14)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (15)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (16)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (17)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (18)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (19)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (20)
|c2=
*[[Turmoil]] (16)
*Turmoil's crew
|c4=
*Cohort 1 (1)
*Female alien (2)
*Cohort 2 (3)
}}

==Quotes==
"Cybertronians are a plague. Wherever they go, death and destruction follow."
:—'''Unknown Female Alien Merchant'''

== Items of note ==
* '''Cameos:''' Misc. Decepticon crewmen, misc aliens.
* This issue explains what happened to Kup after his ''[[Spotlight: Kup|Spotlight]]'' and alludes to Perceptor's <s>lobotomy</s> "upgrade" in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. It also explains why the Wreckers aren't a group in ''All Hail Megatron'', and shows some of the Autobots that would later be in Kup's group.
* The style of coloring used by [[Joana Lafuente]] in the comic is significantly different than her previously seen styles, seen in "[[Spotlight: Blurr]]" and ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' (issues [[Maximum Dinobots issue 3|#3]], [[Maximum Dinobots issue 4|#4]], and [[Maximum Dinobots issue 5|#5]]).
* Drift is the first character to get a Spotlight ''before'' getting a toy. (Though [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] comes close.)

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Drift, about to draw a sword, against a manga-styled background, art by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover B:''' Semi-shadowed Drift, with a half-Decepticon, half-Autobot symbol behind him; art by [[Guido Guidi]] and Joana Lafuente.
* '''Cover RI:''' "Virgin" cover (no titles); Drift with his swords drawn against a red "rising sun" background on top, with Drift in car mode against a black "rising sun" background on bottom; art also by Casey Coller and Joana Lafuente.

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Drift Coller Lafuente.jpg|"Hey kids, always recycle... ''to the extreme!!'' Bust it!"
Image:Spotlight_Drift_b.jpg|"I have to go now. My planet needs me."
Image:SpotlightDrift coverRI.jpg|Note: Poochie died on the way back to his home planet.
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Drift]]

Spotlight: Sideswipe

2011-12-13T18:27:33Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers Spotlight'']] #19
|prev=Spotlight: Doubledealer
|next=Spotlight: Blurr
|seriesissue2=[[Revelation (IDW)|''The Transformers: Revelation'']] #4
|next2=Maximum Dinobots issue 1
|image=SL Sideswipe Cover B.jpg
|caption=You must defeat my Dragon Punch to stand a chance!
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 8]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=September 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[E. J. Su]]
|colors by=[[E. J. Su]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Revelation|Revelation]]
}}

'''Sideswipe and company work to save Earth as the Expansion comes to its shattering end.'''

==Synopsis==
Hound's team arrives on [[Earth]] to attack Grindcore and Straxus. Sideswipe postulates to himself that everyone thinks he wanted to come to Earth for [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. This is true, but not for the reason they think... Sideswipe reveals that Sunstreaker has treated him like a rookie all his life, and he sees rescuing him from [[Machination|whatever trouble he's gotten himself into]] as a way of stepping out of his shadow. He seems more than happy to kick Grindcore's skidplate while the others secure the [[space bridge]], and Ultra Magnus gives them all a convenient rundown of what is going on.

Back at the [[Benzuli Expanse]], the crew of the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'' is about to be destroyed by Cyclonus, but they are beamed out seconds before their ship explodes by the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] in the ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]''. The Autobot scientists waste no time in presenting them with their own personal [[Pretender|Pretender carapaces]]. They exit the cargo ship, wanting to take on Cyclonus personally.

Meanwhile, Jetfire works at the [[Garrus-9]] to subdue the enslaved Thunderwing on [[Corata-Vaz]], giving Springer and his crew the chance to get to the [[Nega-Core]]. Unfortunately, the plan suffers a minor setback when Bludgeon (under the control of Jhiaxus) cuts through the wall, distracting Jetfire enough to reactivate the monstrosity.

Upstairs, things take an unexpected turn for Nemesis Prime. The so-called "Darkness" he covets seems more interested in the new Prime, reaching out to Optimus. It seems the Darkness is not so different from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], seeking to be passed on to a successor. Nemesis is no longer in charge of the power, but will not take it lying down. He unleashes an attack on Optimus, keeping him at a distance to keep in control. Optimus tries to reason with him, but Nemesis is not swayed, convinced that it is the next evolutionary step and that the Cybertronians will serve as a template for a new species. Optimus is determined to stop him, as someone watches from the shadows...

Back on Earth, Sideswipe tells Hound and the others to leave the Cybertronians to him, to which Hound responds it was an honor to serve with him. The group splits up, the majority of them going to grab the Nega-Cores while Skram fetches Arcee from beating on Monstructor. The young Autobot realizes it is a losing battle, but he regards it as a good way to die; he feels his rivalry with Sunstreaker is nothing compared to what is going on, and if anything, he has proven to himself what he is capable of doing.

Things seem to be falling apart for Jhiaxus. He stops himself from killing Jetfire, and the Autobot knows there is too much for him to handle all at once, what with the Pretenders breaching the Benzuli Expanse and the Nega-Cores being removed from their locations. Just as Hot Rod reports that the fourth space bridge leads to [[Gorlam Prime]], Arcee is already there, slicing off the Cybertronian's arm before he can do anything else.

Meanwhile, things look bleak for Optimus, but he is determined to stop Nemesis. But just as the fallen Prime counts his victory, Galvatron blasts his leader in the back. Nemesis falls over dead, while the Darkness finally enters Optimus. Prime resists as best he can, but it is a losing battle...until Galvatron offers him a choice: kill himself in the nearby Solar Pool, or willingly pass on the Darkness to the one who has desired it for so long. It was the reason he plunged the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' into the [[Dead Universe]], and he wants what he feels is rightfully his. Optimus seems to relent, reaching out to Galvatron... but at the last minute, just as he passes on the power, he hurls the surprised bot into the pool. Optimus looks over the body of Nemesis, telling himself that he can't mourn him because, in truth, Nova Prime died a long time ago.

The Pretenders successfully push the stasis-trapped Nega-Cores into the Expanse, getting out just before they explode and cause the anomaly to close. The effect is felt all over the galaxy; Sideswipe turns to see Straxus and Grindcore dead, cut off from the power of the Dead Universe. He beams himself back to his ship, finding after all he went through, he just doesn't care about Sunstreaker anymore, and perhaps never did in the end...

[[Image:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ya know, maybe I shouldn't have experimented on her.]]

Meanwhile, Jhiaxus flees the rampaging Arcee, who is cutting through his [[Micromaster]]s, and heads for the gateway below. He is sure she will not cross over and sacrifice her life in this universe... but reckons without the reappearance of Hardhead—now a permanent resident of the Dead Universe—who distracts the ancient Cybertronian long enough for Arcee to tear him to pieces. Arcee comments on Jhiaxus's inability to die, to which Hardhead remarks that while the amoral scientist is on the border of the two universes, he is practically immortal. This seems to suit Arcee fine, and she decides simply to kill Jhiaxus again. And again. And again...

Some time later, Jetfire muses on what has happened. He has been keeping an eye on Gorlam Prime, the residents out of their chrysalis period, evolving into something very different. In fact, the planet is no longer called Gorlam Prime. The locals now call it [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. For the Autobots, it has not been an easy time; [[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|certain]] [[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|events]] have driven them to the brink. But at least for the fallen Cybertronians, it is finally ended. The Expansion is over.

But not quite. Back on Garrus-9, someone has survived...
{{-}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (1)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (3)
* [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (4)
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (5)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (7)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (8)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (11)
* [[Cloudburst]] (13)
* [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] (14)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (15)
* [[Waverider]] (16)
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (18)
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (19)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (20)
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (21)
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (22)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (23)
* [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (24)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (25)
* [[Twin Twist]] (26)
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (27)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (29)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (30)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (33)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (39)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (44)
* [[Fastlane]] (45)
* [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (46)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (48)
|c2=
* [[Sixshot]] (10)
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (28)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (31)
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] (35)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (36)
* [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] (38)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (40)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (41)
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (42)
* [[Axer]] (43)
|c4=
* [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] (2)
* [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (6)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (12)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (17)
* [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (32)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (34)
* [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (37)
* Various [[Micromaster]]s (47)
}}

== Quotes ==
"Earth -- At last! The others think it's all about Sunstreaker. And it is. Just not in the way they think. All I want is to save his sorry hide and step out of his shadow forever!"
:—'''Sideswipe''', full of angst.

"Congratulations, Jetfire, you have graduated from an irritation to a full blown nuisance. And in doing so... You merit an untidy death."
:—'''Jhiaxus''' thinks a mere spanking is too lenient.

"I command The Darkness, Optimus Prime, not you."<br />
"It... commands you!"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' refuses to believe '''Optimus Prime's''' assertion that he's yesterday's Prime.

"What's the matter, Jhiaxus...things not quite going to plan? Can't quite manage Bludgeon and...be aware of what's happening on other fronts? Maybe you're worried, maybe you're wondering just how much we all ready know..and how much more we'll find out? Question is, can you afford the time and effort to kill me...with your entire strategy about to fall apart?"
:—'''Jetfire''' mocks Jhiaxus' inability to multi-task.

"Cold. Ancient. Terrible. Wonderful. Heart of darkness, it speaks to me. Please no, let me be strong."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

"I wish I could find it within me to mourn your passing, Nova Prime, but in truth you died a long time ago. The part of you that mattered, the part of you that was a Prime, was lost as soon as you turned away from the light...and embraced the Darkness."<br>
:—'''Optimus Prime''' will not mourn Nova Prime, but he will eulogize him.

"In the calm after the storm, I think of Sunstreaker. Maybe alive, maybe dead, certainly in some kind of purgatory... Possibly of his own making! And I find I just don't care. Maybe I never did. I trigger my Orbital Jump recall... And don't look back."
:—'''Sideswipe.'''

"Yeah? Hm. Actually, that suits me fine. Means I can keep killing him... Again... And again... And again... And again..."
:—'''Arcee''' finally gets her happy ending. Jhiaxus has had better days.

== Errors ==
* Both Cover A and Cover B have an errant extra Autobot symbol floating around. On Cover A, it is located on Sideswipe's right forearm, and on Cover B, it is located in Sideswipe's armpit. Darn you, Photoshop layers!
* In the one scene he appears in, Blast-Off is drawn as being extremely large in robot mode as compared to the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. This might have been an attempt on E.J. Su's part to justify Blast-Off's usual space shuttle alt-mode without resorting to [[size changing]]. This makes sense, until you consider that the Combaticons haven't taken Earth vehicle modes at this point in the continuity. Also consider that Blast-Off has appeared twice before, in ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'' and "[[Spotlight: Arcee]]" and both times he was depicted as being normal or average-sized as compared to his comrades.
* When Galvatron asks for the Darkness, he forgets to use the word "to".

== Items of note ==
* E. J. Su handled full art duties on this issue; penciling, inking and coloring the entire issue. The result is ''beautiful''.
* The original plan was for Sideswipe actually to catch up with Sunstreaker and realize "he's no longer just Sunstreaker!" The story would also delve into what a "brother" was for a Transformer, whereas in the printed version, there's no mention of brotherhood at all.<ref>http://idwpublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=42871#42871 Simon Furman Q&A thread on the IDW Publishing forums</ref> The printed version clearly features a darker and less brotherly version of Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's relationship.
* Despite this being Sideswipe's Spotlight issue, the titular character only appears on a mere 7 out of 22 pages.
* In a reply on his blog before "Spotlight: Sideswipe" was released, Simon Furman warned in advance, "I know for a fact not everyone's going to be happy with the way ''Revelation'' plays out" due to the sheer amount of stuff that had to be crammed into a final issue.<ref>http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/double-trouble/#comments Simon Furman's blog comments on the August 19, 2008</ref>
* Due to the truncated nature of ''Revelation'', several threads are left hanging, most notably the fates of Monstructor and Sixshot. Due to the existence of [[Devastator (G1)|Decepticon gestalts]] a year later, Furman has said we should assume the Decepticons got hold of Monstructor and that he likes the idea that the Autobots executed an offline Thunderwing and Sixshot (He ''would'' like the idea of killing more characters off).<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=5032 Simon Furman Q&A thread in December 2008</ref> However, Sixshot would later reappear in "[[Spotlight: Metroplex]]" and explain that the Decepticons revived him in exchange for Jhiaxus's technology. Bludgeon and Monstructor show up later as well, leaving Thunderwing as the only one "officially" unaccounted for.
* The Autobot Pretender shells are different from the Decepticon ones seen previously in IDW's storyline; there's no indication these could transform, and they resemble armored suits rather than organic horrors. Unlike the toys, the armor does not make them look like 50-foot-tall humans.
* The final transformation of Gorlam Prime into a new Cybertron is similar to the backstory of the ''[[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]]''; it also calls back to "[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]", in which Nightbeat wondered if the original Cybertron had [[Beast Machines (franchise)|once been an organic world]], only for everyone to "upgrade" themselves.
* Arcee is freaking terrifying.
* In closing, Jetfire makes references to other miniseries: ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', and the then-upcoming ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''.
* Originally (the differently plotted) ''Revelation'' would have led into the six-issue miniseries ''Expansion'', until the latter was canceled in favor of ''All Hail Megatron''.
* Due to the truncated nature of the series the outcome of the fight between Banzai-tron's team and Monstructor is not revealed. It will later be confirmed that Monstructor was captured and that Axer, Gutcruncher, and the Combaticons survived but the fate of Banzai-tron himself is unknown.
===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Sideswipe amongst rubble, fourth part of 4-issue image by [[E. J. Su]].
* '''Cover B:''' Sideswipe doing an uppercut, surrounded by the series' major players; art by [[Nick Roche]]. This cover art was reused for the TPB cover.
* '''Cover RI''' Front-to-back cover of Doubledealer and Sideswipe, parts 3 and 4 of a 4-issue image by E. J. Su.

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Sideswipe a.jpg|Round 1... FIGHT!
Image:SL Sideswipe Cover B.jpg|SHINRYUKEN!
Image:Spotlight Sideswipe ri.jpg|Final Battle!
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Sideswipe]]

Spotlight: Doubledealer

2011-12-13T18:27:24Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers Spotlight'']] #18
|prev=Spotlight: Hardhead
|next=Spotlight: Sideswipe
|seriesissue2=[[Revelation (IDW)|''The Transformers: Revelation'']] #3
|prev2=
|image=Spotlight Doubledealer a.jpg
|caption=They should call me "Double Disco!"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 20]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=August 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils by=[[Dan Khanna]]
|inks by=[[Frank Milkovich]] with [[Robert Atkins]]
|colors by=[[Liam Shalloo]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Revelation|Revelation]]
}}

'''Doubledealer makes his move for the Magnificence as the Autobots reach a critical stage in their investigation of the Expansion.'''

==Synopsis==
Hot Rod wonders aloud about the recent strange events which he has learned about since the [[Autobot]]s left [[Earth]]. Dealer tells him the answers lie in the [[Magnificence]]. Hot Rod also thinks about finding Sunstreaker and his failed mission where his teammates died. He finally agrees to take Dealer to the Magnificence.

Meanwhile, in the Jiangxi Province of [[China]], Straxus bombards the ground, getting it ready for a drill to harvest [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. He tells Grindcore to mind his own business, which should constitute assembling a [[Space Bridge]]. As the two go about their tasks, they muse that Earth energon is due to Jhiaxus's understudy, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

In the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Galvatron and Cyclonus are tasked to destroy anything that might interfere with the [[Expansion]]. They see Cloudburst's ship, the ''[[Mirror-Manifold]]'', and Cyclonus calls "dibs" on destroying it.

On [[Garrus-9]], Optimus Prime tells Fortress Maximus that Nova Prime has arrived. Even as he says this, Nemesis Prime enters and calls out Optimus, easily dispatching the guards sent to deal with them. Optimus orders Fortress Maximus to call off his men before Nova destroys any more of them, as this battle is between [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s.

Hot Rod and Dealer travel to [[Ki-Aleta]], the planet upon which Hot Rod first found the Magnificence, and where he has hidden it as well. Dealer muses to himself that Hot Rod may suspect he intends to steal the Magnificence and sell it to the Decepticons. He also thinks about how he killed Hot Rod's original crew, but he tells Hot Rod not to blame himself for their deaths.

On the cargo vessel, ''[[Nightbird (ship)|Nightbird]]'', the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s travel to the Benzuli Expanse while creating [[Pretender|carapaces]] for Cloudburst's crew. Jetfire insists that they need to get there faster, but the Technobots point out that even if they got there, they need more time to properly prepare the carapaces. Jetfire concedes that they're right, having seen first hand what happens when shells are rushed. That train of thought leads Jetfire to consider another idea on how to deal with Thunderwing...

Optimus Prime faces down Nova Prime, and tries to reason with him. Optimus's predecessor tells him that he's now called Nemesis Prime, and that the Matrix was a leash, limiting his abilities. He uses the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]] to attack Optimus and explains that it found him in the [[Dead Universe]] and will grant him dominion over that which survives after the Expansion.

On Ki-Aleta, Dealer and Hot Rod must climb a rocky tower guarded by ionic storms. Hot Rod still wonders about his failed mission, and Dealer can't help but think Hot Rod's onto him. When they reach the summit, the Magnificence is waiting, and Dealer suggests asking it something, planning to shoot Hot Rod in the back while he does so. Hot Rod's question, "Did Dealer betray us," is answered with a resounding "Yes!" and Hot Rod turns around just in time to blast Dealer, knocking him off the tower to his destruction.

Though it may have been self-serving, Dealer's idea was right on the money: Using the Magnificence, Hot Rod tells Ultra Magnus much-needed information about the [[Nega-Core]]s, their locations, their guardians, the energon supply on Earth, and the Space Bridge portals on [[Gorlam Prime]].

On Garrus-9, Jetfire communicates with the Wreckers, annoucing that he intends to use the [[Axis Cradle]] the Thunderwing cult created to control the insane Transformer. Observing, Jhiaxus activates his backup guardian—Bludgeon!
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] (6)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (7)
* [[Waverider]] (10)
* [[Cloudburst]] (11)
* [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] (12)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (13)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (14)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (15)
* [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] (16)
* [[Drench (G2)|Drench]] (17)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (18)
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (19)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (20)
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (21)
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (22)
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (23)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (25)
|c2=
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (2)
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (24)
* [[Sixshot]] (27)
|c3=
|c4=
* [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (1)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (3)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (4)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (8)
* [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] (9)
* [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (26)
}}

== Quotes ==
"Show one face to the world. Hide the other. Be an island. Let no one in."
:—'''Doubledealer's''' personal philosophy.

"The Matrix was a leash, a shackle of good intentions, limiting the sheer of what I—and we—can achieve. This, on the other hand...has no limits!"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''', demonstrating the power of The Darkness.

"I imagine all it can do. The wonders and secrets it can unlock. And any lingering thoughts of surrendering it to the Decepticon Secret Service vanish. Why trade it when it can make me...omnipotent!"
:—'''Doubledealer''', living up to his name.

"Take emotion out of the equation...and the answer was staring me in the face all the time."
:—'''Hot Rod''', after sending '''Doubledealer''' to his death.

== Errors ==
* There's a printing error on cover B—there's an extra Decepticon [[insignia]] right next to the Magnificence.

== Items of note ==
* '''Cameos:''' [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], [[Twin Twist]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]], [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]], Headmaster clone, [[Download]], [[Omega Guardian]], [[Fastlane]], [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]], [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]], [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]], [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], [[Gizmo]], [[Backbeat]], [[Skram (G2)|Skram]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]].
* Backbeat's fate is finally revealed in this issue, as he was the only member of Hot Rod's original team in ''Spotlight: Hot Rod'' to not have any sort of death or "facing certain death" scene.
* The Technobots' ship, ''Nightbird'', is obviously an [[homage]] to the [[Nightbird (G1)|female ninja robot]].

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Doubledealer amongst rubble, third part of 4-issue image by [[E. J. Su]].
* '''Cover B:''' Doubledealer on a playing card motif, holding the Magnificence. Art by [[Nick Roche]].
* '''Cover RI:''' "Virgin" cover B (art only with no titles or publisher info).

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Doubledealer a.jpg|Do da Double Dealer Dance!
Image:Spotlight Doubledealer b.jpg|What beats a pair of Doubledealers?
Image:Spotlight Doubledealer ri.jpg|Double down
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Doubledealer]]

Spotlight: Hardhead

2011-12-13T18:27:09Z

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|image=Spotlight Hardhead a.jpg
|caption=If I'm scared, then you '''know''' it's serious!
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 16]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=July 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Nick Roche]]
|colors by=[[Kris Carter]]
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
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|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Revelation|Revelation]]
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'''With Hardhead in tow, Nightbeat retraces his steps on Gorlam Prime, while the Autobots piece together clues about the Expansion.'''

==Synopsis==
Nightbeat is worried not only about his missing memories, but that his entire state of mind might be a danger to the [[Autobot]]s. As he investigates this mystery, he takes Hardhead with him to eliminate Nightbeat if he loses control. They travel to [[Gorlam Prime]], where Nightbeat discovers that the planet seems to be in suspended animation, and evolution has accelerated from organic, to techno-organic, to possibly fully technological. As they head toward the excavation site, Hardhead follows Nightbeat, giving him a clear shot if he needs it. Unfortunately, on the way, they encounter a large group of [[Micromaster]]s who begin shooting at them. Or, more precisely, at Hardhead, as they seem strangely uninterested in harming Nightbeat. Hardhead escapes by jumping from the freeway to crash through the lower suspended freeways down to the ground.

On [[Corata-Vaz]], the [[Wrecker]]s are fighting a futile battle against Thunderwing, while Prowl and Optimus Prime observe from the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary. Optimus requests a report from Jetfire, who says that there's a [[Nega-Core|large energy spike]] coming from the cavern Thunderwing's guarding that they can't categorize. He also reports that Omega Supreme has identified their "mystery Cybertronian" as being Cyclonus, and that he, along with Galvatron, was on the first [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]. Optimus remembers that the first ''Ark'''s destination was the [[Benzuli Expanse]], and says that's where they'll start investigating.

Meanwhile, in the [[Dead Universe]], Jhiaxus reports to Nemesis Prime that the three Nega-Cores and their guardians have all been activated. However, Cyclonus drew a fair bit of unwanted attention while activating his Nega-Core, and Nightbeat found his way back to Gorlam Prime. Nemesis is unconcerned about the results of Cyclonus's mistakes, given that Thunderwing is power incarnate, but tells Jhiaxus to see to Nightbeat personally.

Hardhead and Nightbeat enter the excavation site on Gorlam Prime while trying to elude the Micromasters. As they reach the end of the entryway, Jhiaxus suddenly takes remote control of Nightbeat, making him turn and point his gun right between Hardhead's optics. Jhiaxus speaks through Nightbeat, saying that the detective is now "theirs", and Hardhead has no place in the future they're planning.

In the [[Orcibe Cluster]], Arcee arrives at what appears to be the aftermath of a major fight. After scanning for lifeforms, she discovers that Banzaitron is still alive amongst the wreckage, and forces him to tell her what happened. He tells her someone came and took [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. He doesn't know who they were, but he does know where they went, as each of Monstructor's parts has been tagged, so if Arcee works with him they can both get what they want. Arcee tells him that she'd follow him into the [[Pit|Abyss]] if the trail led to Jhiaxus.

[[Image:SpotlightHardhead HardheadsHeadshot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Not just a name, apparently.]]
Back on Gorlam Prime, "Nightbeat" shoots Hardhead point-blank... and is amazed to discover that Hardhead lives up to his name, as it accomplishes nothing but producing a smoking pinhole in his optics. He then sics the Micromasters on Hardhead, who attempts to do battle with them but is eventually pushed back into almost entering the massive Dead Universe portal. "Nightbeat" monologues about the Dead Universe and how Hardhead should just accept that his time is up and choose which way he wants to go out. Hardhead responds by executing Nightbeat with a head shot, then diving headlong into the portal, ready to meet whatever change lies beyond it.

Jhiaxus screams in fury about their "instrument" now being gone. Displeased, Nemesis states this accelerates a confrontation he had wished to avoid, but with Nightbeat dead, he will now have to do what Nightbeat was intended to do: eliminate Optimus Prime.

Cloudburst, Landmine, Groundbreaker, and Waverider arrive at the Benzuli Expanse to find that the entire surrounding area—planets, stars, etc.—is now gone, with a literal nothing in its place. When they report this to Jetfire, along with the fact that all probes and drones sent into the "nothing" cease to function as soon as they cross the event horizon, Jetfire ponders, then says to Cloudburst that the four of them "just volunteered".

Optimus tells Jetfire that he's not sure about using [[Pretender|this technology]] again, but Jetfire says they need to risk it to gain information on the anomaly. Optimus agrees, then receives a transmission from Dealer on a priority channel. Dealer says that he's been monitoring the current situation, and he thinks that all of the answers they seek lie in the [[Magnificence]].
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (1)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (2)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (7)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (7)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (7)
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (8)
* [[Twin Twist]] (8)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (8)
* [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (8)
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (8)
* [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (8)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (9)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (10)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (11)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (15)
* [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] (17)
* [[Cloudburst]] (17)
* [[Waverider]] (17)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (17)
* [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] (18)
* [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] (19)
|c2=
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (7)
* [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] (16)
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] (16)
* [[Axer]] (16)
* [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] (16)
|c4=
* Various [[Micromaster]]s:
** [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] (3)
** [[Construction Patrol]] ([[Neutro]], [[Groundpounder]], [[Crumble]], and [[Takedown]]) (4)
** [[Sports Car Patrol]] ([[Detour (G1)|Detour]], [[Blackjack]], [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]], and [[Road Hugger (G1)|Road Hugger]]) (4)
** [[Race Car Patrol]] ([[Tailspin]], [[Free Wheeler]], [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], and [[Swindler]]) (4)
** [[Race Track Patrol]] ([[Roller Force]], [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]], [[Ground Hog]], and [[Motorhead (Decepticon)|Motorhead]]) (4)
** [[Hot Rod Patrol]] ([[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]], [[Greaser]], and [[Hubs]]) (4)
** [[Off Road Patrol]] ([[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]], [[Powertrain]], and [[Tote]]) (5)
** [[Military Patrol]] ([[Bombshock (G1)|Bombshock]], [[Tracer (Decepticon)|Tracer]], [[Dropshot (G1)|Dropshot]], and [[Growl (G1)|Growl]]) (5)
** [[Battle Patrol]] ([[Big Shot]], [[Sidetrack]], and [[Flak (G1)|Flak]]) (5)
** [[Whisper (G1)|Whisper]] (6)

* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (12)
* [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (12)
* More Micromasters:
** [[Blaze Master]] (13)
** [[Air Strike Patrol]] ([[Nightflight (G1)|Nightflight]], [[Storm Cloud]], [[Whisper (G1)|Whisper]], and [[Tailwind (G1)|Tailwind]]) (14)
** [[Air Patrol]] ([[Sky High (Micromaster)|Sky High]], [[Eagle Eye (G1)|Eagle Eye]], and [[Tread Bolt]]) (14)
}}

== Quotes ==
"I want you to watch me like an [[Ardurian Roc]], and if I lose control, even for an instant... '''eliminate''' me."<br />
"Sure."
:—'''Nightbeat''' and '''Hardhead''': Great ally both when you need your back watched ''and'' when you need it shot at.

== Errors ==
* In the bottom-left hand panel on page 12, Nemesis Prime's faceplate appears to have been drawn incorrectly; usually it has a different colored piece coming up from his chin. In this panel, it is drawn as one solid piece, like Optimus Prime's faceplate.
* "Banzai-Tron" was written as such in Arcee's lifesign readings, but is otherwise parsed without the hyphen as "Banzaitron".

== Items of note ==
[[Image:Spotlight Hardhead unused.jpg||thumb|right|150px|Hardhead, or hard-core?]]
* '''Cameos:''' [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (on monitor), [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (on monitor and later in flashback), [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (both in flashback), [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] (dead member of Banzaitron's crew).
* Nightbeat's license plate number is "[[Minerva (Masterforce)|M1N-3RV4]]".
* Roche's original cover had a background of skulls, and the image was reversed and lighter (see image on right).
* The inhabitants of Gorlam Prime are apparently an experiment of Jhiaxus's to prepare a template for the universe, where a species can withstand even the worst extremes in preparation for merging the Dead Universe with the "living" one. Based on the masses of Micromasters in the panel where this is explained, they're the final result of Gorlam's evolution.
* Two of the inhabitants of Gorlam Prime look like they're dressed up as Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
* This isn't the first time Hardhead's been charged with possibly having to eliminate an ally.
* The flashback scene of Cyclonus was previously used as the sketch cover to ''[[Spotlight: Cyclonus]]''.

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Hardhead amongst rubble, second part of 4-issue image by [[E. J. Su]].
* '''Cover B:''' Animated style of Hardhead by [[Nick Roche]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Text-free "virgin" version of Cover A.
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Hardhead a.jpg|Cover A
Image:Spotlight Hardhead b.jpg|I'm hard as a rock.
Image:Spotlight Hardhead ri.jpg|Hardhead a virgin? Doubtful.
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
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* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire''
* ''Spike: After the Fall''
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles''
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' series
* ''Galaxy Quest''
* DrawerBoxes Box Anchors (back cover)

===Reprints===
*[[2011]] — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four]]''

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Hardhead]]

Spotlight: Cyclonus

2011-12-13T18:26:58Z

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|next=Spotlight: Hardhead
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|image=Spotlight Cyclonus a.jpg
|caption=Cyclonus finally gets ahead in the world (groan).
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 18]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=June 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[E. J. Su]]
|colors by=[[Kris Carter]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
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'''Cyclonus avenges himself on those he believes responsible for ravaging Cybertron as he prepares for the Expansion.'''

==Synopsis==
Cyclonus visits the devastated surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and vows revenge on those who caused its destruction. Meanwhile, the ''[[Ark-12]]'', helmed by Hound's crew, is en route to [[Garrus-9]], and Sideswipe argues with Hound that [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] is being ignored on [[Earth]]. They are interrupted by an attack from Cyclonus, and they respond by blasting him with all weapons. The [[Autobot]]s think that he's been destroyed and continue on their way, but are attacked again and take serious damage.

Ultra Magnus tells Optimus Prime that he's heading to Garrus-9 to follow up on the escaped prisoners, but receives a distress call from Hound and changes course to assist them.

Optimus Prime and Prowl meet with Fortress Maximus and Jetfire on Garrus-9 and discuss both the prisoners' breakout and how a surviving [[Decepticon]] has been tortured. Maximus and Jetfire exchange a guilty glance. Prime leaves Maximus in charge and says that he and Prowl have unfinished business aboard the ''[[Ark-32]]''. On that ship, Nightbeat discovers that he logged a message during his visit to [[Gorlam Prime]]—of which he has no recollection—and asks Hardhead for help.

Ultra Magnus arrives in time to help drive off Cyclonus, and Hound prepares to continue on his mission, but Sideswipe berates him. Meanwhile, on the [[Decepticon Battle Platform Zuska]], Arcee tortures a Decepticon until he agrees to tell her where [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] has taken the [[Combiner|gestalts]].

[[Image:Cyclonusunleashed.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Aww, does Bunny want his space carrots?]]
Cyclonus heads to [[Corata-Vaz]] and reveals that the [[Dead Universe]] members can only remain outside of their realm for a limited time or face oblivion. Galvatron is the only exception. He makes ready the [[Nega-Core]] but hesitates activating the guardian, due to the destruction he caused Cybertron. As he walks out of the cave, however, he's met by Hound's crew and Magnus, who tracked him. Sideswipe goads Cyclonus into attacking, and although he puts up a good fight, seemingly taking out Road Rocket and even deadening Hound's arm, he's brought down by Warpath, and Magnus holds a gun to his head. As a last resort, Cyclonus detaches his hand, which rockets to the cave and activates the guardian—Thunderwing. Using the distraction, Cyclonus escapes, but Magnus sends another tracker after him.

All this is reported to Optimus Prime on the ''Ark-32'', who recognizes this has something to do with his [[infraspace]] encounter in [[Brasnya]]. He orders Jetfire to summon the [[Wrecker]]s to find out what Thunderwing is guarding. Elsewhere, in the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Nemesis Prime's Dead Universe crew prepare to bring their plans to fruition.

The [[Expansion]] has begun...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (2)
* [[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (3)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (4)
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (5)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (6)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (10)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (11)
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (12)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (13)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (14)
|c2=
* Tortured Decepticon (15)
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (16)
|c3=
|c4=
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (1)
* [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (17)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (18)
* [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] (19)
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (20)
* [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Ultra Magnus''': You're coming in for questioning. It's my way or the hard way. Choose.<br>
'''Cyclonus''': ''[Internal monologue]'' ''Resist. If I lose control now...it is over.''<br>
'''Sideswipe''': C'mon...you know you want to.<br>
'''Cyclonus''': You're right. I do.<br>
:—Cyclonus rages against the machines.

== Errors ==
* None yet identified.

== Items of note ==
* As Cyclonus flies over ruined Cybertron, some of the debris bears an uncomfortable resemblance to the wreckage of the post-9/11 World Trade Center.
* '''Cameos:''' [[Pretender Monster]]s (on monitors)
* When Nightbeat reviews his transmission, his recorded self looks like the way he was drawn in his [[Spotlight: Nightbeat|own ''Spotlight'']].
* One might assume that Cyclonus shot and "deadened" Hound's arm using the life-snuffing ability that other members of the Dead Universe faction like Galvatron display. But according to E.J. Su, this effect was simply a result of the oxidizing blaster that Cyclonus has classically wielded.<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=93836&highlight=#93836</ref>
* To explain what happened to Ironhide, Nick Roche drew an [http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=77231 "extra page"] for fans to print out and insert in the appropriate point. This page actually made it through Hasbro/Ryall/Furman approval, so it's canon.

===Covers===
* '''Cover A:''' Cyclonus amongst rubble, first part of 4-issue image by E. J. Su.
* '''Cover B:''' ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''-style cover of Cyclonus within Nemesis Prime's wings by [[Nick Roche]].
* '''Cover RI:''' B&W sketch of Cyclonus in battle by Nick Roche. The inked and colored image would actually be a flashback scene in ''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]''.
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Cyclonus a.jpg|Did someone lose their head? Cuz I have it right here.
Image:SpotlightCyclonus coverB.jpg|I am the terror that flaps in the night...
Image:Spotlight Cyclonus RI.jpg|I don't need inks or colors to destroy you!
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* ''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]''
* ''Sparrow'' art books
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* ''Angel: After the Fall'' in [[IDWords]] section
* ''Star Trek: Mirror Images''
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles''
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' series
* ''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' and other DVDs (back cover)

===Reprints===
*[[2011]] — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Cyclonus]]

The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four

2011-12-13T18:26:02Z

192.249.47.196: /* Contents */

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|prev=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three
|next=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Five
|image=IDWCollection4.jpg
|title=''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four''
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 25]], [[2011]]
|writers=[[Simon Furman]], [[Shaun Knowler]], [[Shane McCarthy]], [[Josh van Reyk]] & [[Andy Schmidt]]
|artists= [[Casey Coller]], [[Dan Khanna]], [[Marcelo Matere]], [[Alex Milne]], [[James Raiz]], [[Nick Roche]], & [[E. J. Su]] (cover)
|colours= [[Josh Burcham]], [[Kris Carter]], [[Joana Lafuente]], [[Josh Perez]], [[Liam Shalloo]] & [[Priscilla Tramontano]]
|letterers= [[Shawn Lee]], [[Chris Mowry]], [[Robbie Robbins]] & [[Neil Uyetake]]
|editors= [[Andy Schmidt]] & [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|pagecount=374
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|price=$49.99 USD
|ISBN=ISBN 1600109381<br>ISBN 978-1600109386
}}
'''''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four''''', published by [[IDW Publishing]], is the fourth in a series of hardcovers aiming to reprint the IDW Transformers stories in a "suggested reading order" up through ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''. New cover art (of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]) is provided by [[E. J. Su]].

==Contents==
* ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'': [[Spotlight: Cyclonus|Cyclonus]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Hardhead|Hardhead]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Doubledealer|Doubledealer]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Sideswipe|Sideswipe]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Drift]]''
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Jazz|Jazz]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:IDW Collection Volume 4}}
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New Avengers/Transformers

2011-12-13T18:25:08Z

192.249.47.196: /* Collections */

[[Image:New Avengers Transformers tpb.jpg|thumb|right|230px| Most awesome image ever.]]
'''''New Avengers/Transformers''''' is a crossover miniseries between comic book companies [[IDW Publishing]] and [[Marvel Comics]].

{{chapters|title=''New Avengers/Transformers'' issues:|content=
*[[Man and Machine, Part One|#1]]
*[[Man and Machine, Part Two|#2]]
*[[Man and Machine, Part Three|#3]]
*[[Man and Machine, Part Four|#4]]
}}

== Overview ==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had recently come to [[Earth]] to put down insubordination of the infiltration team there led by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After crippling Starscream and bringing the rest of the team in line {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}}, Megatron reestablished [[infiltration protocol]] and initiated phase two. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} Phase two involves the destabilization of global politics with the goal of having national powers fight each other to reduce their ability to resist in later stages. Megatron's first course of action is to establish a base in the Eastern European country of [[Latveria]] and attack the neighboring country of [[Symkaria]] knowing the Symkarians would blame the Latverians and likely start a war over the matter. He also stole the [[Psycho-Prism]] from [[Doctor Doom]] which has the effect of increasing hostile tendencies of nearby humans, which would further escalate tensions.

Both the [[Avengers]] and [[Autobot]]s investigate the disturbance....

== Creative team ==
The title was written by [[Stuart Moore]] and illustrated by [[Tyler Kirkham]]. Moore would later write the [[Spotlight: Ramjet|''Spotlight'' issue for Ramjet]], who made his IDW debut in this series.

==Notes==
*The best place to locate this series in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] is during the latter part of [[Escalation issue 1]], after Megatron is last seen in his Cybertronian tank form (he is in gun form in this series). Megatron had gathered his troops together at that point to secure his leadership and oversee the reestablishment [[infiltration protocol]]. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] were off driving [[Hunter O'Nion]], [[Verity Carlo]], and [[Jimmy Pink]] home at that part of the story which would account for their absence in this series. [[Spotlight: Ramjet]], which takes place after this series, begins during [[Escalation issue 2]].
*In the Marvel comics continuity, the events happen sometime before the ''Civil War'' storyline. However, and we might be veering dangerously off-topic if we were to point this out, but it should probably be noted that despite appearances, this story ''isn't'' congruent with the mainstream Marvel Comics universe ("Earth-616"), even beyond the fact that Transformers are present. At the time this story is intended to take place (between the first two story-arcs of ''New Avengers'', circa mid-2005), [[Doctor Doom]] is supposed to be dead, and [[Ms. Marvel|Carol Danvers]] was not wearing the costume or going by the codename used in the series. With that said, we now return you to your scheduled dosage of space robots.

== Collections ==
* ''New Avengers/Transformers'' TPB <small>([[January 16]], 2008) ISBN 978-0785127901</small>
:Bonus material includes issue cover art (no text).
:Advertisements:
:*New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout
:*New Avengers Vol. 2: Sentry
:*New Avengers Vol. 3: Secrets & Lies
:*New Avengers Vol. 4: The Collective
:*New Avengers Vol. 5: Civil War
:*New Avengers Vol. 6: Revolution
:*Marvel's heroic collections

* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three]]'' <small>(March 2, 2011) ISBN 978-1600108563</small>


==External links==
* [http://comicnewsi.com/article.php?catid=99&itemid=9440 Stuart Moore Talks ''New Avengers / Transformers'']

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[[Category:Marvel Comics]]

The Transformers: Devastation

2011-12-13T18:25:00Z

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{{disambig2|the IDW series|the Dreamwave comic issue|Devastation (Dreamwave)}}

[[Image:Devastation TPB.jpg|right|230px|thumb|I am Starscream, hear me roar!]]
'''''The Transformers: Devastation''''' is a 6-issue comic-book mini-series published by [[IDW Publishing]] in 2007/2008, and set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. It directly follows ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|The Transformers: Escalation]]'', and ramps up the action even further for the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] Transformers. As the [[Autobot]]s discover that the [[human]]s are aware of the location of their base, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] summons [[Sixshot]] to Earth to hasten its... well, devastation!

It is issues #17–22 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the bar code on each issue), and was originally published between October, [[2007]] and February, [[2008]].

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: Escalation|next=Revelation (IDW)
|title=''The Transformers: Devastation'' issues: |content=
* [[Devastation issue 1|#1]]
* [[Devastation issue 2|#2]]
* [[Devastation issue 3|#3]]
* [[Devastation issue 4|#4]]
* [[Devastation issue 5|#5]]
* [[Devastation issue 6|#6]]
}}

==Overview==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] unleashes his "living weapon", [[Sixshot]], on the [[Autobot]]s. After shooting down the Autobots' craft, this unstoppable killing machine hunts down [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and the Autobots' human allies. Meanwhile, the [[Decepticon]]s have problems of their own: the [[Reaper|Reapers]] have arrived on [[Earth]], intending to scour it clean of all life—starting with the Decepticons. But the denizens of the [[Dead Universe]] have plans for Earth too, and refuse to give it to another unworthy species.

==Creative team==
The creative team from ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' and ''Escalation'' (writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciller [[E. J. Su]]) reunited for the bulk of ''Devastation''. However Su's paternity leave meant he was unable to pencil the entire arc. [[Nick Roche]] took over for issue 3, with [[Robby Musso]] working on issue 4. Su returned for issues 5 and 6.

==Collections==
* ''Devastation'' TPB <small>([[May 14]], 2008) ISBN 1600101682 / ISBN 978-1600101687</small>
:Bonus material includes each cover in the series (besides issue #5's Starscream cover, which is used as the TPB cover) and an interview with Simon Furman. Also, the TPB corrects many errant speech bubbles and coloring errors. It bears the number #4 on its side.
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection, Volume 2]]'' <small>([[May 29]], [[2009]] ''scheduled'') ISBN 1600104371 / ISBN 978-1600104374</small>
:Includes ''Devastation'', ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'', and the contents of volumes 2 and 3 of the ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' collections.
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three]]'' <small>(March 2, 2011) ISBN 978-1600108563</small>


{{DEFAULTSORT:Devastation}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

New Avengers/Transformers

2011-12-13T18:24:52Z

192.249.47.196: /* Collections */

[[Image:New Avengers Transformers tpb.jpg|thumb|right|230px| Most awesome image ever.]]
'''''New Avengers/Transformers''''' is a crossover miniseries between comic book companies [[IDW Publishing]] and [[Marvel Comics]].

{{chapters|title=''New Avengers/Transformers'' issues:|content=
*[[Man and Machine, Part One|#1]]
*[[Man and Machine, Part Two|#2]]
*[[Man and Machine, Part Three|#3]]
*[[Man and Machine, Part Four|#4]]
}}

== Overview ==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had recently come to [[Earth]] to put down insubordination of the infiltration team there led by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After crippling Starscream and bringing the rest of the team in line {{storylink|The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration}}, Megatron reestablished [[infiltration protocol]] and initiated phase two. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} Phase two involves the destabilization of global politics with the goal of having national powers fight each other to reduce their ability to resist in later stages. Megatron's first course of action is to establish a base in the Eastern European country of [[Latveria]] and attack the neighboring country of [[Symkaria]] knowing the Symkarians would blame the Latverians and likely start a war over the matter. He also stole the [[Psycho-Prism]] from [[Doctor Doom]] which has the effect of increasing hostile tendencies of nearby humans, which would further escalate tensions.

Both the [[Avengers]] and [[Autobot]]s investigate the disturbance....

== Creative team ==
The title was written by [[Stuart Moore]] and illustrated by [[Tyler Kirkham]]. Moore would later write the [[Spotlight: Ramjet|''Spotlight'' issue for Ramjet]], who made his IDW debut in this series.

==Notes==
*The best place to locate this series in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] is during the latter part of [[Escalation issue 1]], after Megatron is last seen in his Cybertronian tank form (he is in gun form in this series). Megatron had gathered his troops together at that point to secure his leadership and oversee the reestablishment [[infiltration protocol]]. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] were off driving [[Hunter O'Nion]], [[Verity Carlo]], and [[Jimmy Pink]] home at that part of the story which would account for their absence in this series. [[Spotlight: Ramjet]], which takes place after this series, begins during [[Escalation issue 2]].
*In the Marvel comics continuity, the events happen sometime before the ''Civil War'' storyline. However, and we might be veering dangerously off-topic if we were to point this out, but it should probably be noted that despite appearances, this story ''isn't'' congruent with the mainstream Marvel Comics universe ("Earth-616"), even beyond the fact that Transformers are present. At the time this story is intended to take place (between the first two story-arcs of ''New Avengers'', circa mid-2005), [[Doctor Doom]] is supposed to be dead, and [[Ms. Marvel|Carol Danvers]] was not wearing the costume or going by the codename used in the series. With that said, we now return you to your scheduled dosage of space robots.

== Collections ==
* ''New Avengers/Transformers'' TPB <small>([[January 16]], 2008) ISBN 978-0785127901</small>
:Bonus material includes issue cover art (no text).
:Advertisements:
:*New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout
:*New Avengers Vol. 2: Sentry
:*New Avengers Vol. 3: Secrets & Lies
:*New Avengers Vol. 4: The Collective
:*New Avengers Vol. 5: Civil War
:*New Avengers Vol. 6: Revolution
:*Marvel's heroic collections

* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three'' <small>(March 2, 2011) ISBN 978-1600108563</small>


==External links==
* [http://comicnewsi.com/article.php?catid=99&itemid=9440 Stuart Moore Talks ''New Avengers / Transformers'']

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[[Category:Marvel Comics]]

Spotlight: Wheelie

2011-12-13T18:23:20Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #15
|prev=Spotlight: Grimlock
|next=Spotlight: Cyclonus
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Wheelie"
|image=SpotlightWheelie coverA.jpg
|caption=Wheelie looks tough now, but the [[chaosteros]] has his revenge inside.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[June 18]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=June 2008
|story by=[[Simon Furman]]/[[Klaus Scherwinski]]
|script by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Klaus Scherwinski]]
|colors by=[[Klaus Scherwinski]]
|color assist by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|edits by=[[Denton J. Tipton]]
|letters=[[Comicraft]]'s [[Jimmy Betancourt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}

'''Wheelie is here, cower in fear!'''

==Synopsis==
Eager to aid the [[Autobot]] war effort but constantly overlooked due to his stature, Wheelie is ecstatic when he is finally asked to help with the search for habitable worlds. Shortly after leaving, though, his ship hits a radiation belt that shorts out his systems, and he is forced to make a crash-landing on the world of [[LV-117]], a planet which turns out to be populated with giant monsters. Wheelie does what he can to survive and fends off the denizens. After attempting to use the [[universal greeting]] on a [[chaosteros]], Wheelie loses one of his arms. He subsequently retrieves it from the beast's... '''dung''' ...but thereafter his arm does not properly transform, causing him excruciating pain whenever he enters vehicle mode.

Eventually, he sights another ship crashing to the surface. When he tracks it down, he finds [[Decepticon]]s Spectro and Spyglass preparing to torture an alien they have captured. Wheelie frees him, and sneaks aboard the ship amidst the confusion. Unfortunately, the crash has damaged the ship beyond repair, dashing his plans to use it to escape. Suddenly remembering the third member of Spectro and Spyglass's trio, Wheelie turns around to find Viewfinder, impaled in his command chair by a large piece of the shattered canopy. Pausing to wonder whether Viewfinder or he himself was the lucky one, he goes off in search of the alien he set free, eventually finding and befriending him.

The alien, named Varta, speaks entirely (through a universal translator chip) in rhyme and reveals that he has a spaceworthy ship. The only thing it lacks is a power source, and Wheelie happily volunteers the [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] converter he's been lugging around. They work together for a time to patch up the ship and get it ready to fly, with Wheelie adopting Varta's strange, rhyming speech in the process. As they prepare to launch the ship, they are ambushed by Spectro and Spyglass. The Decepticons shoot Varta in the back and threaten to finish him off if Wheelie doesn't climb out of the ship and let them have it. Though he initially considers taking off and leaving Varta, he realizes that if he does so, he would be turning his back on what it means to be an Autobot. He solemnly descends the ladder while the pair absconds in the rocket, congratulating themselves on their bluff—they had used the last charge in their laser to stun Varta. Varta is surprised that Wheelie would give up his freedom for his sake, but Wheelie says it really all came down to faction... that, and he removed the safety catch from the energon converter used to power the ship, causing it to explode in midair.

A year later, Varta and Wheelie have salvaged what they could from the wreckage of both their ship and the Decepticon cruiser and made a new home for themselves. No longer depressed, Wheelie feels renewed hope for the future and gazes up at the massive Autobot emblem adorning the top of their makeshift home. Meanwhile, in the nearby ruins of an ancient temple, a wall painting of a [[Quintesson]] begins to crack, the eyes glowing through the rock...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (2)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (3)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (4)
|c2=
* [[Spectro]] (7)
* [[Spyglass]] (8)
* [[Viewfinder]] (10)
|c4=
* [[Arachnosaur]] (5)
* [[Chaosteros]] (6)
* [[Varta]] (9)
}}

== Errors ==
* This issue does not feature a brief character bio on the inside cover. However, a big empty block of space where the bio is ''supposed'' to be remains.
* Spectro and Spyglass were last seen in toy-based character models. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}} Here they are based on designs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].

== Items of note ==
* '''Cameos:''' [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* Includes 5 pages of sketches by Klaus Scherwinski
* Also includes two ''[[Lil Formers]]'' strips featuring Wheelie, one of which indicates his ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight |Spotlight]]'' wouldn't have been released until after [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] and before [[Kranix]]. In the other, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] tells Wheelie he was in the #7659 position to become Prime, after [[Twin Twist]] and Roller. Some candidates that Wheelie beats out are [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Chip Chase]], [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]] Leader-1, Turbo, Scooter and Small Foot, and #7'''666''' — [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]!
* This issue includes a similar joke to the above: Wheelie's choice as an explorer comes after [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] and Roller. '''Why does Roller get no love???''' Also, if we are to take the list literally, either there is another character named Bumper, or Wheelie's mission began before Bumper was killed in ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''.
* Wheelie's distress call in this issue is received by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], as seen in ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]''.
* Artist Klaus Scherwinski based Wheelie's design upon a detailed transforming garage kit by [http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/article/34599110.html JizaiToys].
* LV-117 might be a reference to LV-426, the planet on which the film ''Aliens'' took place.
* LV-117 might also be a reference to John-117, the protagonist of the Halo videogames.

===Covers===
— all by Klaus Scherwinski
* '''Cover A:''' Wheelie with slingshot in the Chaosteros's shadow.
* '''Cover B:''' Retro-style cover with the issue's major players.
* '''Cover RI:''' B&W sketch of cover B, without the additional lettering or spotlights.
<gallery>
Image:SpotlightWheelie coverA.jpg|He comes from the north, he comes from the south, I shoot my slingshot in his mouth!
Image:SpotlightWheelie coverB.jpg|Wheelie's kickin' it old skool. Aww yeah...
Image:SpotlightWheelie coverRI.jpg|Oh no, oh no, oh no! Where did Reflector and Varta go?
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* ''Angel: After the Fall'' in [[IDWords]] section
* ''Star Trek: Mirror Images''
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles''
* ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''
* ''Speed Racer: The Next Generation'' and other DVDs (back cover)

===Reprints===
*[[2011]] — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three]]''

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Spotlight: Grimlock

2011-12-13T18:23:12Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #14
|prev=Spotlight: Mirage
|next=Spotlight: Wheelie
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Grimlock"
|image=Spotlightgrimlock.jpg
|caption=Me Grimlock star, Scorponok. Slag off!!!!!
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 23]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=March 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Marcelo Matere]]
|colors by=[[Zac Atkinson]], [[Liam Shalloo]] and [[Andrew Elder]]
|letters by=[[Amauri Osorio]]
|edits by=[[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Revelation|Revelation]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}
'''If even Grimlock gets a Spotlight, what chance then, do we have?'''

==Synopsis==
Agent Red and [[Skywatch]] scientist Weston discuss activating Grimlock. Red feels the recent [[Transformer|extraterrestrial robotic]] activity is a precursor for an invasion and wants Grimlock under their control to help counter the threat. Weston urges caution, stating that the [[Ravage (G1)|other]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|robots]] under their control have gone rogue and fears the same with "Thunder-Lizard 1". Red considers this but gives the orders to begin the process.

Grimlock is zapped with electricity, which activates his memories—one where Optimus Prime lambastes him for insubordination, one where he tells his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] not to mind Prime since their controversial methods work, and one of the battle against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and their subsequent entombment in lava. With this, Grimlock awakens and breaks his restraints; after a brief skirmish with security, he escapes the facility. Agent Red tells Weston to find out what went wrong and "fix it" so that they can try again with the other "Thunder Lizards". A Skywatch employee named Kloss ducks into a room and calls the [[Machination]], revealing that a planted virus has had the desired effect on Grimlock and that he is "yours for the taking."

As Grimlock makes his way down the streets and through inhabited areas, he wonders what the local [[human]]s are, and notes that his vocal processor is damaged and his internal chronometer and sensors are not fully functional. He does, however have a transporter chip he can use to recall him to his ship, the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]'', but he assumes it's been destroyed.

Abraham Dante combines with Scorponok and transports to the [[Lahontan Dam]], where Grimlock has arrived. Grimlock takes an aggressive stance, but Scorponok tells him that his Dynobots are dead and that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] has him on the list of wanted [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronians]]. He asks Grimlock to join him in the Machination plot to dominate the Earth by running interference and delaying [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s plans long enough for the Machination to put their plans into action.

Grimlock considers for a second, but smashes Scorponok in the face. He refuses the offer for two reasons: he could turn Scorponok in to Magnus for redemption, and as revenge for Scorponok once robbing an installation the Dynobots were guarding. The two do battle and Scorponok quickly gains the upper hand, mostly due to his [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] upgrade. To be fair though, Grimlock's out of ammo.

As Scorponok chokes Grimlock, Grimlock nearly passes out, but remembers having betrayed the Dynobots in their battle with Shockwave, dooming them to a living death. He activates his transporter chip, which remarkably still works, beaming him back to the ''Skyfire'', which is somewhere buried in ice. He hopes he can use the ship to find the other Dynobots, make his peace, and bring the Machination down.

As scientists repair the damage to Dante, he is informed that Skywatch have begun work on the remaining Dynobots. He instructs Kloss to install software that will let Skywatch believe they have control of the 'bots, while they will be used to dispose of their former leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (in flashbacks) (4)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (6)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (7)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (8)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
|c2=
* [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (13)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Sixshot]] (1)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (1)
|c3=
* [[Joshua Red]] (2)
* [[Weston]] (3)
* various [[Skywatch]] employees (5)
* [[Kloss]] (10)
* [[Abraham Dante]] (11)
* [[Machination]] employees (12)
}}

==Notes==
* '''Cameos:''' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Reaper|Reapers]] , [[Sixshot]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (in flashbacks)
* The Dynobots' ship is named the ''Skyfire'', a homage to [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s name in the cartoon, and like Skyfire in that continuity, it ends up frozen beneath polar ice.
* Despite a rather purposeful moment commenting on a damaged vocal processor, Grimlock speaks in perfectly normal speech here, as he did in ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''.
* Joshua Red bluntly states that, following ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', the Transformers are public knowledge. Turns out [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|he didn't clear this with IDW]].
* After the story is an [[IDWords]] section about ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''.
* Contains the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' "Rank".
* Advertisements originally stated that Grimlock and Mirage's ''Spotlight''s were "1 of 2" and "2 of 2", respectively, due in March 2008. Due to a delay in Grimlock's, Mirage's was released first (March 5) and Grimlock's was pushed back to 7 weeks later.<ref>http://idwpublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=64871#64871 IDW forums, Mar 24, 2008</ref> Amusingly, both the Mirage ad and the "[[Focus on Decepticons]]" ad retain their "March 2008" notes. Even the IDWords section features releases for March.
*For the trade paperback ''Transformers: Spotlight #3'', the "strength" typo and the cut word balloon were corrected.

===Errors===
* The door that Kloss walks through has a hand-scrawled "Control Room" sign on it, with a still-visible artist's note below to "put better font".
* Grimlock's speech balloon, speculating about taking the captive Scorponok back to Cybertron, is incorrectly attributed to Scorponok.
* One of Grimlock's captions typos "strength" as "strenght" (amusingly, it's shortly after he notes damage to his vocal processor).
* As Scorponok boasts about his upgraded speed, his speech balloon is partially cut off at the edge of the page, truncating some words.
* It is a common misconception that all of the pages that were of an inferior visual quality were done by Liam Shalloo who, by his own admission, was drunk when working on this issue. HOWEVER, the pages in question have been confirmed to belonging to Andrew Elder.

===Covers (2)===
* '''Cover A:''' Grimlock in front of Scorponok's shadow; art by Marcelo Matere.
* '''Cover RI:''' B&W sketch of cover A.

{{note|A second cover image by Marcelo Matere (third image in gallery) was solicited, featuring Grimlock's dinosaur head breaking through an image of the Dynobots' robot heads. However, this cover was apparently not released at retail, and is not included on the cover checklist on the inside front cover. The cover was recycled and used for the third Spotlight trade paperback, though.}}

<gallery>
Image:Spotlightgrimlock.jpg|
Image:SpotlightGrimlock_cover_RI.jpg|
Image:SpotlightGrimlock cover2.jpg|Now we know where BotCon got the idea for Shattered Glass.
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* ''[[Spotlight: Mirage]]''
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* ''[[Classic Transformers]]'' [[Classic Transformers Volume 1|Volume 1]] TPB
* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Ascending]]'' and ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' TPBs
* ''[[Target: 2006]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Art of IDW's Transformers]]''
* ''Obscure: The Aftermath'' game
* ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' books (back cover)

===Reprints===
*[[2010]] — ''[[The Transformers: Best of Grimlock]]''
*[[2011]] — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Grimlock]]

Spotlight: Arcee

2011-12-13T18:22:57Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight|''The Transformers Spotlight'']] #12
|prev=Spotlight: Blaster
|next=Spotlight: Mirage
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Arcee"
|image=Spotlight arcee.jpg
|caption=Graduated from St. Trinians with honors.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 20]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=February 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Alex Milne]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] and [[Kris Carter]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Devastation]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}
'''This ain't the Fembot we all know and love, folks... She's an entirely ''different'' stereotype!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:IDW Arcee mad.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Must be that time of the quartex...]]
An enraged [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] has been tearing a path of destruction through the universe, necessitating [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to hunt her down and bring her in as authorized by the [[Tyrest Accord]]. After a protracted battle, she gets knocked out by a flash/concussion grenade and taken into custody by Magnus. As they leave the area, a couple of apparent [[drone]]s surface and talk to a monitor—promising that the [[Nega-Core]] has not been detected and/or taken, which elicits a confirmation from their [[Jhiaxus (G2)|master]] that preparations for the [[Expansion]] will continue.

[[Garrus-9]] penitentiary: Arcee's [[spark]] is being held in a cell, along with some notable others. Warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] confers with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] about when they can incarcerate the [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] [[Pretender Monster|components]] in the same way; Jetfire notes that they can't break through the destructive programming far enough to rehabilitate/reform the sparks (as per [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders), and as such, haven't pulled the sparks from the frames. As they confer, the [[Decepticon]] [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] leads his [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] in a perfectly-timed (as monitored by [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]]) assault on the facility, striking at precisely the right grid-sensor-shuffling moment and breaking into the penitentiary.

Fortress Maximus has no choice but to unleash the "threat-level-9" Arcee on them, with the sole caveat of destroying her spark (via a spark casing g-force crush) if she attempts to escape. A furious battle ensues, but after she cuts through [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] and plows through [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] in vehicle mode, the Combaticons (who recognize her when she first attacked) manage to teleport out with the unconscious Monstructor components (whom Banzaitron wants to join his Secret Service).

Arcee proposes that she be released to hunt them down or killed on the spot. When asked for '''her''' motivation she grows angry, commenting that "you don't even know you're DOING it... you unconsciously SENSE a difference." She then reveals that [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] tampered with her [[CNA]] at creation, turning her into a female, "because he was curious, because he '''could'''", just to see what introducing gender to the Transformer race would do. He then discarded her and left her to her fate. Traumatized and vengeful, all she can think of is wiping out all trace of his tampering in this universe.

Fortress Maximus disagrees, pointing the remote spark-casing-control unit at her, but Jetfire tells him to let her go (he'll back up whatever story Maximus concocts for her escape), as they have precious little to lose at this point.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (4)
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] (5)
*[[Longtooth]] (6)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (11)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (12)
*[[Fastlane]] (13)
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (14)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (15)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (16)
*[[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] (27)
*[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] (28)
*[[Rad]] (29)
*[[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]] (30)
*[[Windbreaker]] (31)
*[[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]] (32)
*[[Turbofire]] (33)
*[[Vroom]] (34)
*[[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] (35)
*[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] (36)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (41)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (42)

|c2=
*[[Skyjack]] (7)
*[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] or [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]] (8)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (9)
*[[Axer (G1)|Axer]] (23)
*[[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] (24)
*[[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] (25)
*[[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]] (26)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (37)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (38)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (39)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (40)
|c4=
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (3)
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (10)
*[[Scowl]] (17)
*[[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]] (18)
*[[Slog]] (19)
*[[Bristleback]] (20)
*[[Wildfly]] (21)
*[[Birdbrain]] (22)
}}

==Notes==
* The issue contains bonus sketch art by Alex Milne, including color tests for Arcee.
* One of the Autobots defending Garrus-9 mentions them being overrun. Let's hope this didn't lead to [[Over-Run (G1)|anyone]] being distracted during the battle.
* Arcee's reference to gendered pronouns makes little sense in context. It stands to reason that a race originally entirely devoid of gender would lack sexually-oriented pronouns in their native language. So the use of "he" and "she" would likely be supplemented with a uniform variation of "it" for everybody. Then again, there have been [[Stormbringer issue 2|instances]] where [[Calabi-Yau|inanimate ships]] were referred to as "she" and who here really knows how the [[Cybertronian languages]] actually work?
* Cover B was colored in a style that pays homage to the cover of [http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=40-180 ''Akira Vol.1''.] <ref>http://dyemooch.deviantart.com/art/Spotlight-Arcee-alt-cover-72893344 Colorist at deviantART]</ref>
* Arcee states that she was the first female Transformer experiment and it is implied she is something rare and (perhaps) unique. However nothing in the issue states that she was the ''only'' female Transformer created due to Jhiaxus's program. Indeed, in ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' a number of female Transformers make cameo appearances. It may be that Arcee isn't completely alone and that her trauma stems more from being the first test subject, as well as being used, altered (perhaps against her will), and abandoned than anything else.

===Errors===
* Maybe not an error, but Fortress Maximus's shoulder's design differs from the one seen in "[[Spotlight: Blaster]]".

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Arcee, [[Nova Prime]], the Pretender Monsters, Ultra Magnus, Fortress Maximus and some dead guy by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover B:''' Arcee being assembled by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored sketch of cover B.
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight arcee.jpg|Kiss me deadly
Image:Spotlight Arcee b.jpg|Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors...
Image:Spotlight Arcee ri.jpg|RI Cover
</gallery>

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==References==
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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Arcee]]

Spotlight: Blaster

2011-12-13T18:22:51Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #11
|prev=Spotlight: Ramjet
|next=Spotlight: Arcee
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight Blaster"
|image=Spotlight Blaster a.jpg
|caption=The Voice
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 23]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=January 2008
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Emiliano Santalucia]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|color assist by=[[Andrew Elder]], [[Liam Shalloo]], [[Espen Grundetjern]]
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] and [[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Devastation|Devastation]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}
'''Blaster attempts to foil a plot on his life.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was once an [[Autobot]] broadcaster under the stage name of "The Voice". However, it was long after he was thought dead that he was found by [[Ku'arn]], captain of the ''[[Yar]]'' Star Trawler. This came as somewhat of a shock to [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], aboard the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. However, he was quickly taken aboard and repaired by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. The famous media personality was forced to admit that even he didn't know the circumstances of his near-death, his memories of the time just one big blank. Silverbolt tells Blaster that it was always assumed to be an inside job, as the proximity and precision needed could only have been pulled off by an Autobot.

Left to his own devices aboard the Command Hub, Blaster finds himself unable to escape the paranoia of what happened to him. Though he's greeted warmly by his fellow Autobots after his return from the dead, he can't help but wonder if one of them was the one that shot him. Worse still, he knows that they expect "The Voice", a persona he just can't muster anymore after his traumatic experience. He endeavors to catch up on the time during his absence, but his paranoia turns out to be justified as an unseen assailant takes another shot at him, then disappears into the corridors of the station.

Again the security monitors show nothing, Perceptor discovering that the assassin was using a sensor-jamming technology that prevented his identity from being discovered. Blaster decides to take matters into his own hands and bait the assassin—he goes to the broadcast station and announces that "The Voice" has returned, and will soon be transmitting live to all outposts. After the announcement, Blaster reminisces about his broadcasting days before preparing. He has Perceptor cross-reference the personnel rosters from his old orbital array with Autobots presently aboard the Command Hub. This yields four suspects: [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]. All four were within striking distance on the orbital array and were still aboard the Command Hub. Blaster admits that, before the incident, he would have trusted any of them with his life.

As the broadcast begins, Perceptor is interrupted in his monitoring by the assassin, who makes his way down the corridor to Blaster. Tossing a grenade into the broadcast station, he watches the blast doors seal off the breach, his grisly task seemingly accomplished. However, Blaster reveals that he was not actually in the broadcast station, and with disbelief, confronts the assassin—his old comrade Beachcomber. The normally pacifistic Autobot admits that he can't control his own actions, having been implanted with a [[cerebro-shell]] by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], and tasked with silencing Blaster.

Finally managing to override the control mechanism, Beachcomber collapses. Back in the repair bay, Perceptor expresses doubt he will ever recover, the act of defeating the cerebro-shell managed to burn out a significant portion of his [[neo-cortex]]. Blaster expresses anger at the whole affair and vows to find Soundwave so that he can ensure the last thing his Decepticon rival hears will be the sound of his voice.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|c1=
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (1)
*[[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] (2)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (3)
*[[Pincher]] (4)
*[[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] (6)
*[[Gunrunner (G1)|Gunrunner]] (7)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (8)
*[[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]] (9)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (10)
*[[Overdrive]] (11)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (12)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (13)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (14)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (15)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (16)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (17)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (18)
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (19)
*[[Dogfight]] (20)
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] (21)
*[[Override (G1)|Override]] (22)
*[[Getaway]] (23)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (24)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (25)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (26)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (27)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (28)
*[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] (29)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (38)

|c2=
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (30)
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (31)
*[[Darkwing]] (31)
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (32)
*[[Needlenose]] (33)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (34)
*[[Headstrong]] (35)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (36)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (37)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (39)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (40)

|c4=
* [[Ku'arn]] (5)
}}

==Notes==
* Blaster was shown on the Command Hub during ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'', which would have set this story as happening before then—however, Simon Furman has said that Blaster-looking figure [[Bluster|was someone else all along]]...

* While ''Stormbringer'' initially presented Cybertron as being rendered uninhabitable following [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing's]] rampage, ''Spotlight: Blaster'' shows it remained inhabitable long enough for Autobot & Decepticon forces to continue battling on it for a short time afterward. Whether this was a genuine attempt to grab territory (when you consider that, post-Thunderwing, it would be obvious Cybertron was dying) or simply an attempt by the Decepticons to kill Autobots is unknown.

* The Decepticons recovered from Thunderwing's rampage earlier than the Autobots.

* Bluestreak's color scheme, featuring a blue helmet with a yellow crest, is based on the character's original [[box art]] rather than his Generation 1 toy or [[character model]], which feature a silver or gray helmet with a red crest.

===Errors===
* On page 11, in the last speech bubble, "nano-kliks" is mispronounced as "nano-kilks".
* In the flashbacks to the past where the Autobots are huddled, waiting for Blaster's broadcast, Broadside is colored tan instead of his usual gray.
* Maybe not an error, but Fortress Maximus's shoulder's design differs from the one seen in "[[Spotlight: Arcee]]".

===Covers (2)===
* '''Cover A:''' Blaster, classic look by [[Emiliano Santalucia]] and [[Jeremy Roberts]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Blaster, cassette-bots and rock band by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]].
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Blaster a.jpg|"Let me slow things down for all the fem-bots listening..."
Image:Spotlight-blaster-b.jpg|Blaster can JAM!
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Blaster]]

Spotlight: Galvatron

2011-12-13T18:22:45Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' #8
|prev=Spotlight: Kup
|next=Spotlight: Optimus Prime
|image=Spotlight_Galvatron_b.jpg
|caption=The first non-Megatron Galvatron... who ruins it by using the [[Energon mace|most Megatron weapon ever]].
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight Galvatron"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 5]], [[2007]]
|coverdate=July 2007
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|colors by=[[Eric Burns]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Escalation|Escalation]]
}}

'''Galvatron has returned to Cybertron... and [[Furmanism|you won't believe the things he can do now!]]'''

==Synopsis==
In the [[Benzuli Expanse]], a group of aliens monitors an anomaly that threatens the nearby system. Suddenly, their sensors detect something emerging from the anomaly, despite the fact that nothing can possibly survive in it. The something is [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], who assaults their ship directly; they turn their comet-destroying weapons on him, shutting him down. They drag his body into their ship for study, but he suddenly comes back online and proceeds to slaughter the crew and destroy the ship. Galvatron speaks of being the harbinger of unlife, and doing the bidding of [[Nova Prime|a dark master]]. Though Galvatron is his herald for the time being, he is not content to remain so. With his secondary objective—the destruction of the probe ship—complete, Galvatron continues to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for his primary objective.

At [[Thunderhead Pass]] on Cybertron, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] gripes to [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] about how much he hates his posting, and marches off to make a transmission to [[Earth]] to see about getting reassigned. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] answers and tells Sideswipe that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is currently away on personal business. Sideswipe tells Ratchet to ask Prime if he's considered his relocation. Sideswipe feels that guarding Thunderhead Pass is a dead-end job and he should be on Earth helping to find [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. His transmission is cut short, however, when [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] arrives and demands him to sign off. [[Verity Carlo]] and [[Jimmy Pink]] were listening over Ratchet's shoulder, and tell him that Sideswipe's right: They're not doing anything to find Sunstreaker or [[Hunter O'Nion]], and that it may already be too late. They walk away telling Ratchet that they've failed their friends through their inaction.

On Cybertron, Hound reprimands Sideswipe for his transmission. He had ordered a total block on all unauthorized outgoing transmissions, and reminds Sideswipe that he's the one in charge. Sideswipe tells him that he's in charge of nothing: while the area might have been important a while ago when [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] was active, with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and his team having packed up and left, the area's essentially a dead zone. He tells Hound that he's in the mood to bust heads and can't think of a better place to do it than Earth. Hound gives him a formal warning and assigns him to sentry duty. Sideswipe marches off to do it, but grumbles that he's still going to do everything he can to get reassigned.

Meanwhile, Galvatron reminisces about the past. Before the chaos of Thunderwing and the [[Great War (G1)|war]], before the factions, Galvatron was a crew member on the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Though the citizens were told that it was about exploration and opening trade routes, the truth was that they had discovered a mysterious anomaly: a door to somewhere else, [[Dead Universe|some dark, parallel universe]], and they were going to examine it. Galvatron had been chosen for the mission due to his willingness to recklessly throw himself in the unknown, but none of the other crew realized just how far he was willing to go...

[[Image:SpotlightGalvatron Leadfoot.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Galvatron hates G2.]]

At Thunderhead Pass, Leadfoot hears a sound, but barely has time to say anything before Galvatron kills him with his bare hands. Sideswipe hears the disturbance and attacks Galvatron, and gets blasted for his troubles. Hound, [[Skram (G2)|Skram]], [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]], and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] also hear the fighting and show up, and Hound orders them to take Galvatron alive for questioning. As they pummel him with weapons fire, Sideswipe recovers, sets his gun to maximum power, and shoots Galvatron in the face, blowing off half of his head. Hound immediately starts yelling at Sideswipe that a corpse can't tell them anything, with Sideswipe naturally defending his actions. Skram interrupts, though, and tells them that Galvatron isn't dead—something that the rising Galvatron notes mentally is "wrong". He transforms to cannon mode and blasts them all... but to incapacitate, not kill. Galvatron considers it a small rebellion against his master, a reminder that his destiny is his own. He says that the others aboard the ''Ark'' are all dead, killed by his hands. The moment they entered the [[Dead Universe]], it claimed them all.

Hound recovers and immediately starts sending out an emergency distress signal. But Skram bursts in with terrible news: Thunderwing is gone! Elsewhere, Galvatron stands beside Thunderwing, and states that his primary objective is achieved.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (7)
*[[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (8)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (9)
*[[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (11)
|c3=
*[[Verity Carlo]] (5)
*[[Jimmy Pink]] (6)
|c4=
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (1)
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:HoundCyb.gif|thumb|]]
* A Transformer resembling the [[Marvel Comics]] continuity Thunderwing can be seen on the bridge of the first ''Ark'' alongside Galvatron. It is unclear whether this is the same character as the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]] Thunderwing, or just a tip of the hat to the original comics (most likely the latter).
* The issue includes several pages of sketches (most in color) by [[Guido Guidi]]. Of note, Guidi's colour scheme for Hound slightly differs from the final colour scheme used.
* Among the horde fighting Galvatron on Cover B, are [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and what resembles his [[Pretender]] shell from the Generation 1 era.

===Errors===
* Ratchet's head is colored like his cartoon model, rather than the usual scheme used in all his IDW appearances to this point.

===Covers (4)===
{{picsneeded|Alt covers}}
* '''Cover A:''' Galvatron grimacing; art by [[Guido Guidi]] and [[Eric Burns]] (colors).
* '''Cover B:''' Galvatron fights off horde; art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).
* '''Cover RI-A:''' Uncolored cover A
* '''Cover RI-B:''' Uncolored cover B
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Galvatron a.jpg|My cannon is bigger than yours.
Image:Spotlight Galvatron b.jpg|This is why he's crazy!
Image:Spotlight Galvatron ria.jpg|Cover RI-A
Image:Spotlight Galvatron rib.jpg|Cover RI-B
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Galvatron]]

The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three

2011-12-13T18:21:13Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|The Transformers]]''
|prev=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two
|next=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four
|image=IDWCollection3.jpg
|title=''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three''
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 2]], [[2011]]
|writers=[[Simon Furman]], [[Stuart Moore]] & [[Klaus Scherwinski]]
|artists=[[Guido Guidi]], [[Tyler Kirkham]], [[Marcelo Matere]], [[Alex Milne]], [[Robby Musso]], [[Nick Roche]], [[Rob Ruffolo]], [[Emiliano Santalucia]], [[Klaus Scherwinski]] & [[E. J. Su]] (cover)
|colours=[[Zac Atkinson]], [[Blond]], [[Josh Burcham]], [[Eric Burns]], [[Kris Carter]], [[Andrew Elder]], [[Annette Kwok]], [[Josh Perez]], [[Klaus Scherwinski]] & [[Liam Shalloo]]
|letterers=[[Jimmy Betancourt]], [[Todd Klein]], [[Chris Mowry]], [[Amauri Osorio]], [[Robbie Robbins]] & [[Neil Uyetake]]
|editors=[[Andrew Steven Harris]], [[Bill Rosemann]], [[Chris Ryall]], [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]] & [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|pagecount=350
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|price=$49.99 USD
|ISBN=ISBN 1600108563<br>ISBN 978-1600108563
}}
'''''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three''''', published by [[IDW Publishing]], is the third in a series of hardcovers aiming to reprint the IDW Transformers stories in a "suggested reading order" up through ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''. New cover art (of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]) is provided by [[E. J. Su]].

==Contents==
* ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'': [[Spotlight: Galvatron|Galvatron]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Blaster|Blaster]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Arcee|Arcee]]
* ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]''
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Grimlock|Grimlock]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Wheelie|Wheelie]]

== Notes ==
Just like in the previous two collections, this volume has issues with, erm, issue placement. ''New Avengers/Transformers'' should be placed before "[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]".
{{DEFAULTSORT:IDW Collection Volume 3}}
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The Transformers: Infiltration

2011-12-13T18:18:06Z

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[[Image:Infiltration_tpb.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Buy this book, or I'll kill you, man!]]
'''''The Transformers: Infiltration''''' is the first in a line of miniseries by [[IDW Publishing]] set in a re-booted [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation 1 continuity]]. The series brings the Transformers' presence on [[Earth]] into the present day and places the "robots in disguise" concept firmly in the forefront of its narrative.

It is issues #0–6 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown in later series by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the bar code on each issue—''Stormbringer'' picks up with #7), and was originally published between October, [[2005]] and July, [[2006]].

{{chapters |style=3 |next=The Transformers: Stormbringer
|title=''The Transformers: Infiltration'' issues: |content=
* [[Infiltration issue 0|#0]]
* [[Infiltration issue 1|#1]]
* [[Infiltration issue 2|#2]]
* [[Infiltration issue 3|#3]]
* [[Infiltration issue 4|#4]]
* [[Infiltration issue 5|#5]]
* [[Infiltration issue 6|#6]]
}}

==Overview==
The most immediate shift from original continuity is the nature of the Transformers' presence on Earth. In this continuity, there was no ancient starship crash, nor robots awakening from a four million-year slumber; the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s have arrived on Earth fairly recently and on purpose, operating undercover for at least four years. The story is told through the eyes of four main characters: [[Verity Carlo]], a young drifter; [[Hunter O'Nion]], a conspiracy theorist; [[Jimmy Pink]], mechanic and Verity's net-friend; and [[Ratchet (G1)#IDW_Comics_continuity|Ratchet]], a medic who puts his conscience over his mission.

The series quickly and consistently establishes a strong Cold War, cloak-and-dagger theme, where secrecy and rules of espionage are as important as, or perhaps even more than, vanquishing the enemy. [[Thundercracker_(G1)#IDW_Comics_continuity|Thundercracker]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s attack the humans and Ratchet to retrieve data on [[SM-40|a palmtop PC]] that might reveal their existence; Ratchet is arrested by [[Prowl_(G1)#IDW_Comics|Prowl]] for breaking cover to rescue the humans; both Autobot and Decepticon operations are small cells instead of full-fledged armies. Also, a third faction is at work: a secret human organization known only as the [[Machination]] which appears to be aware of the Transformers' presence on Earth and has its own plans, as yet unknown, for the robots. Finally, it becomes evident to the Autobots that the Decepticon operation is up to something unusual, and their new human allies may have a part in unraveling the mystery.

The series has taken an interesting and rather unique approach to the standard ''Transformers'' story: introducing only a few new characters with each issue. This enables each issue to focus on a small selection of leads (Ratchet, the humans and later [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]) without overwhelming them and gives each issue space to explore their characters.

The series culminates in a battle between [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who leads the Decepticons on Earth, and the recently arrived [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attempting to put his house in order. Their animosity seems to be a constant in any Transformers continuity!

==Creative team==
''Infiltration'' was scripted by long-time Transformer writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciled by [[E. J. Su]]. The two also worked together on multiple follow-up miniseries including ''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]''.

==Notes==
* Each of ''Infiltration''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s seven issues were released in a choice of multiple covers—some issues had as many as ten. As this was apparently too many to include in the normal trade paperback, IDW released an ''Infiltration'' cover gallery book which included every cover.

==Collections==
[[Image:Infiltration manga.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manga cover]]
* ''Infiltration'' TPB <small>([[September 27]], 2006) ISBN 1600100104</small>
:Bonus material includes sketch art by E. J. Su. It bears the number #1 on its side.
* ''Infiltration'' Manga <small>([[December 13]], 2006) ISBN 1600100198</small>
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: Premiere Collection Volume 1]]'' <small>([[December 12]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186</small>
:Hardcover collection of ''Stormbringer'' and other IDW stories.
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One]]'' <small>(May 26, 2010) ISBN 978-1600106675</small>


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The Transformers: Megatron Origin

2011-12-13T18:17:58Z

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[[Image:Megatronorigintpb.jpg|right|200px|thumb|DULL RAGE]]
'''''The Transformers: Megatron Origin''''' is a 4-issue mini-series published by [[IDW Publishing]] in 2007, set in the primary [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. It details the rise of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] from a lowly [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] miner to the leader of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. Also introduced is [[Autobot]] leader, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and his quest to halt Megatron's actions.

In the [[IDW timeline]], the story takes place in the distant past, somewhere in between the launch of the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' (6.7 million years ago) and the events of ''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]'' (less than a million years ago). This miniseries is noteworthy for having been originally planned during the not-paying-the-hired-help last days of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]], and only later retooled to fit the new IDW continuity.

It was reprinted in [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan's Transformers magazine]] from #14. It came included with a disclaimer telling kids that this "Generation 1" was a different version of the Transformers ''they'' knew.

{{chapters|title=''Megatron Origin'' issues:|content=
*[[Megatron Origin issue 1|#1]]
*[[Megatron Origin issue 2|#2]]
*[[Megatron Origin issue 3|#3]]
*[[Megatron Origin issue 4|#4]]
}}

==Overview==
Senator [[Decimus]] is sent to announce the automation of an energon mining outpost, much to the chagrin of the miners. When one of the workers protests, he is executed by an Autobot security official, sparking a riot. An enraged miner named Megatron tosses his axe into Decimus' shoulder and disarms his guard, accidentally killing him. The Autobot guards subdue the riot and arrest everyone. On the prison vessel, Rumble and Frenzy convince Megatron to lead a revolt. After taking over their ship, they blast the Senator's ship and head towards the criminal hub of [[Kaon]] where the miners hide and plot. [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] becomes aware of the situation but is uninterested and appoints [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to handle the situation.

Megatron joins underground [[gladiatorial combat]] games and hesitates to kill his first opponent, but does so after being ordered by the ring master and the audience. After getting accustomed to the kill, Megatron rises through the ranks and eventually kills the organizer and takes over. The games come to the attention of the corrupt and manipulative Senator Ratbat. Predicting a profitable situation, he sends his assistant to meet with Megatron. The games are also being watched by Prowl's team, who are eager to put a stop to the unlawful violence. Sentinel Prime arrives and announces that there have already been several efforts in a plan to catch the delinquents.

During a stakeout for the next gladiatorial match, Bumper and Fastback observe the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] building the arena. Soundwave approaches Megatron and offers him technology and weaponry at the behest of Ratbat. The two Autobots witness the transaction but are killed. At their funeral, Sentinel Prime emphasizes that their deaths should serve as a call to action, and that to give them meaning he will bring the outlaws to justice.

Soundwave meets with Megatron after a match where Megatron lost an arm in combat. The Constructicons replace the arm with parts taken from fallen gladiators, as well as installing his energon flail. Soundwave more than fulfills Megatron's request for a flight-capable combatant, bringing him the three original Seekers. Megatron says he has something in store for them besides gladiatorial matches, and turns the Seekers over to Hook for modification.

During a parade for Senator Decimus, the Seekers disrupt the festivities and abduct the Senator. Senator Ratbat watches footage of a series of daring and destructive attacks and comments that things are getting out of control. Meanwhile, Rumble and Frenzy are modified to work with Soundwave as Megatron gathers new recruits to join the gladiator games. At the meeting, Megatron praises the recruits and tempts them with the prospect of the whole planet as their arena. Prepared to kill the captured Senator Decimus, he is interrupted by Sentinel Prime's forces and the whole lot is captured and arrested.

At the crowded cells in headquarters, Soundwave is freed under a Senate Directive and Starscream offers to turn state's evidence, requesting to be taken to the Senate. Once there, Starscream unveils hidden weapons and Soundwave deploys his minions to destroy the council. Starscream then frees all the inmates with Megatron absorbing them all into his new army. Soundwave provides armaments, and Starscream introduces Megatron to a new arm-mounted cannon.

Soundwave meets with Senator Ratbat, who admits that not only did he aid Megatron's cause by supplying arms, he also was the one who arranged for Megatron to be removed from the mining operation he was originally working in. Now that Megatron's forces have destabilized the area, the senator embezzles what he can. Soundwave, however, shoots Ratbat, takes that which Ratbat has embezzled, and seals his spark inside of a frame—his new "cassette" body.

Sentinel Prime's forces fight to retake Kaon from the rioting rebellion and Prime uses Apex armor against Megatron. An incredible explosion blasts Megatron out of sight. However, Megatron still functions and he smashes Prime, possibly killing him. When the other Autobots see his broken body, Prowl orders a retreat. Megatron later sits on his throne and discusses the victory with Soundwave. Now that Kaon has been taken, the next step is clear—the rest of Cybertron shall be conquered.

==Creative team==
''Megatron Origin'' was written by [[Eric Holmes]] and drawn by [[Alex Milne]], with assistance on issue #2 by [[Marcelo Matere]].

==Collections==
* ''Megatron Origin'' TPB <small>(December 15, 2007) ISBN 978-1600101069</small>

:Bonus material includes images of each cover and design sketches of Megatron, Sentinel Prime, and Soundwave.

{{note|The TPB corrected some color errors throughout the series, as well as changing/adding some dialog.}}

* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One]]'' <small>(May 26, 2010) ISBN 978-1600106675</small>


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The Transformers: Escalation

2011-12-13T18:17:27Z

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{{disambig3|Escalation}}
[[Image:Escalation TPB.jpg|right|230px|thumb|"This is gonna hurt!"]]
'''''The Transformers: Escalation''''' is a 6-issue mini-series from [[IDW Publishing]], set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. It directly follows the previous mini-series, as the Transformers' cold war on Earth continues to heat up.

It is issues #11–16 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the bar code on each issue), and was originally published between November, [[2006]] and May, [[2007]].

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: Stormbringer|next=The Transformers: Devastation
|title=''The Transformers: Escalation'' issues: |content=
* [[Escalation issue 1|#1]]
* [[Escalation issue 2|#2]]
* [[Escalation issue 3|#3]]
* [[Escalation issue 4|#4]]
* [[Escalation issue 5|#5]]
* [[Escalation issue 6|#6]]
}}

==Overview==
The story centers on two plot threads: the activities of the human group known as the [[Machination]], and the Decepticons' attempts to exploit the [[Ultra-Energon|Ore-13 energon]] discovered by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in the previous series. The Machination kidnaps [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] violate orders to try and find him. The Earth-bound operations of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s come into direct and open conflict as the Decepticons initiate [[Infiltration protocol|Phase Two]] and the Autobots attempt to counter it, with Megatron and Optimus Prime going toe to toe in battle. What was, not so long ago, just another skirmish in the cold war between the two alien forces heats up very rapidly.

==Creative team==
The creative team from ''Infiltration'' (writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciller [[E. J. Su]]) reunited for ''Escalation''.

==Collections==
* ''Escalation'' TPB <small>([[May 23]], 2007) ISBN 1600100848</small>
:Bonus material includes images of each cover. It bears the number #3 on its side.
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection, Volume 1]]'' <small>([[December 12]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186</small>
:Includes ''Infiltration'', ''Stormbringer'', ''Escalation'' and the contents of the first ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' collection.
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two]]'' <small>(October 6, 2010) ISBN 978-1600107511</small>


{{DEFAULTSORT:Escalation}}
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The Transformers: Stormbringer

2011-12-13T18:17:17Z

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{{disambig3|Stormbringer}}

[[Image:Stormbringer_tpb.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Thunderwing's so badass, there's ''two'' of him!]]
'''''The Transformers: Stormbringer''''' is a 4-issue limited series published by [[IDW Publishing]] and set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. Occurring roughly during the same period of time as the ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' arc, it establishes the situation of Cybertron and the rest of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s not on Earth.

It is issues #7–10 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the barcode on each issue), and was originally published between July and October, [[2006]].

''Stormbringer'' was scripted by Transformer veteran [[Simon Furman]] and penciled by [[Don Figueroa]]—the pair also worked together on [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' and IDW's ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]''.

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: Infiltration |next=The Transformers: Escalation
|title=''The Transformers: Stormbringer'' issues: |content=
* [[Stormbringer issue 1|#1]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 2|#2]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 3|#3]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 4|#4]]
}}

== Overview ==
''Stormbringer'' gives readers their first look at the larger war beyond Earth. [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is a dead, wasted world, victim of some distant cataclysm that elder Transformers, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], were present at. Prime's musings establish that the long war between the Autobots and Decepticons was directly responsible for the cataclysm, and in flashback we discover that a single demonic figure was somehow the focus for or avatar of the event; this being was so powerful that only the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons could stop it.

Both Autobots and Decepticons appear to have large, star-spanning armies. Similar Decepticon infiltration cells to the one portrayed in ''Infiltration'' are seen on the planets [[Nebulos]] and [[Varas Centralus]]. The Autobots' main base is a space station orbiting a planet at least nineteen megacycles away from Cybertron via foldspace travel, and they possess at least one space battlecruiser, the ''[[Xantium (G1)|Xantium]]''.

Stormbringer was proudly advertised with the tagline "NOTHING BUT ROBOTS ON CYBERTRON", seemingly in response to fandom outcries over [[Hunter O'Nion|those]] [[Verity Carlo|horrible]] [[Jimmy Pink|humans]] and general lack of robot-on-robot action which had infested IDW's initial ''Infiltration'' storyline. Nice goin' there, [[fandom]].

The image assembled from the four "A" covers has a small but interesting error: Thunderwing appears twice. At the top right, he is in the middle of the blue energy burst, while he is in his Ultra Mode at the bottom right. To be fair though, the group of Transformers fighting Thunderwing in the energy burst appear to represent the battle prior to him being reawakened, as it includes several Transformers that are currently on Earth and not in the story itself.

==Collections==
[[Image:Stormbringer manga.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
* ''Stormbringer'' TPB <small>([[February 28]], [[2007]]) ISBN 160010018X / ISBN 978-1600100185</small>
:Bonus material includes images of each cover and concept art of many characters, several of which would not appear in the story. It bears the number #2 on its side.
* ''Stormbringer'' Manga TPB <small>([[April 11]], 2007) ISBN 1600100422 / ISBN 978-1600100420</small>
:B&W small format
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: Premiere Collection Volume 1]]'' <small>([[December 5]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182</small>
:Hardcover collection of ''Stormbringer'' and other IDW stories.
* ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two]]'' <small>(October 6, 2010) ISBN 978-1600107511</small>


{{DEFAULTSORT:Stormbringer}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
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The Transformers: Escalation

2011-12-13T18:16:53Z

192.249.47.196: /* Collections */

{{disambig3|Escalation}}
[[Image:Escalation TPB.jpg|right|230px|thumb|"This is gonna hurt!"]]
'''''The Transformers: Escalation''''' is a 6-issue mini-series from [[IDW Publishing]], set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. It directly follows the previous mini-series, as the Transformers' cold war on Earth continues to heat up.

It is issues #11–16 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the bar code on each issue), and was originally published between November, [[2006]] and May, [[2007]].

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: Stormbringer|next=The Transformers: Devastation
|title=''The Transformers: Escalation'' issues: |content=
* [[Escalation issue 1|#1]]
* [[Escalation issue 2|#2]]
* [[Escalation issue 3|#3]]
* [[Escalation issue 4|#4]]
* [[Escalation issue 5|#5]]
* [[Escalation issue 6|#6]]
}}

==Overview==
The story centers on two plot threads: the activities of the human group known as the [[Machination]], and the Decepticons' attempts to exploit the [[Ultra-Energon|Ore-13 energon]] discovered by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in the previous series. The Machination kidnaps [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] violate orders to try and find him. The Earth-bound operations of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s come into direct and open conflict as the Decepticons initiate [[Infiltration protocol|Phase Two]] and the Autobots attempt to counter it, with Megatron and Optimus Prime going toe to toe in battle. What was, not so long ago, just another skirmish in the cold war between the two alien forces heats up very rapidly.

==Creative team==
The creative team from ''Infiltration'' (writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciller [[E. J. Su]]) reunited for ''Escalation''.

==Collections==
* ''Escalation'' TPB <small>([[May 23]], 2007) ISBN 1600100848</small>
:Bonus material includes images of each cover. It bears the number #3 on its side.
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection, Volume 1]]'' <small>([[December 12]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186</small>
:Includes ''Infiltration'', ''Stormbringer'', ''Escalation'' and the contents of the first ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' collection.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two'' <small>(October 6, 2010) ISBN 978-1600107511</small>


{{DEFAULTSORT:Escalation}}
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[[Category:IDW titles]]

The Transformers: Stormbringer

2011-12-13T18:16:47Z

192.249.47.196: /* Collections */

{{disambig3|Stormbringer}}

[[Image:Stormbringer_tpb.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Thunderwing's so badass, there's ''two'' of him!]]
'''''The Transformers: Stormbringer''''' is a 4-issue limited series published by [[IDW Publishing]] and set in the main [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. Occurring roughly during the same period of time as the ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' arc, it establishes the situation of Cybertron and the rest of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s not on Earth.

It is issues #7–10 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the barcode on each issue), and was originally published between July and October, [[2006]].

''Stormbringer'' was scripted by Transformer veteran [[Simon Furman]] and penciled by [[Don Figueroa]]—the pair also worked together on [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' and IDW's ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering]]''.

{{chapters |style=3 |prev=The Transformers: Infiltration |next=The Transformers: Escalation
|title=''The Transformers: Stormbringer'' issues: |content=
* [[Stormbringer issue 1|#1]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 2|#2]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 3|#3]]
* [[Stormbringer issue 4|#4]]
}}

== Overview ==
''Stormbringer'' gives readers their first look at the larger war beyond Earth. [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is a dead, wasted world, victim of some distant cataclysm that elder Transformers, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], were present at. Prime's musings establish that the long war between the Autobots and Decepticons was directly responsible for the cataclysm, and in flashback we discover that a single demonic figure was somehow the focus for or avatar of the event; this being was so powerful that only the combined might of the Autobots and Decepticons could stop it.

Both Autobots and Decepticons appear to have large, star-spanning armies. Similar Decepticon infiltration cells to the one portrayed in ''Infiltration'' are seen on the planets [[Nebulos]] and [[Varas Centralus]]. The Autobots' main base is a space station orbiting a planet at least nineteen megacycles away from Cybertron via foldspace travel, and they possess at least one space battlecruiser, the ''[[Xantium (G1)|Xantium]]''.

Stormbringer was proudly advertised with the tagline "NOTHING BUT ROBOTS ON CYBERTRON", seemingly in response to fandom outcries over [[Hunter O'Nion|those]] [[Verity Carlo|horrible]] [[Jimmy Pink|humans]] and general lack of robot-on-robot action which had infested IDW's initial ''Infiltration'' storyline. Nice goin' there, [[fandom]].

The image assembled from the four "A" covers has a small but interesting error: Thunderwing appears twice. At the top right, he is in the middle of the blue energy burst, while he is in his Ultra Mode at the bottom right. To be fair though, the group of Transformers fighting Thunderwing in the energy burst appear to represent the battle prior to him being reawakened, as it includes several Transformers that are currently on Earth and not in the story itself.

==Collections==
[[Image:Stormbringer manga.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
* ''Stormbringer'' TPB <small>([[February 28]], [[2007]]) ISBN 160010018X / ISBN 978-1600100185</small>
:Bonus material includes images of each cover and concept art of many characters, several of which would not appear in the story. It bears the number #2 on its side.
* ''Stormbringer'' Manga TPB <small>([[April 11]], 2007) ISBN 1600100422 / ISBN 978-1600100420</small>
:B&W small format
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: Premiere Collection Volume 1]]'' <small>([[December 5]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182</small>
:Hardcover collection of ''Stormbringer'' and other IDW stories.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two'' <small>(October 6, 2010) ISBN 978-1600107511</small>


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[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

The Transformers: Spotlight

2011-12-13T18:14:21Z

192.249.47.196: /* Collections */ I feel iffy about whether I should mention that there's other stuff in these volumes, or just cover the spotlights

[[Image:TF Spotlight v1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Extremely logical that I was given the first ''Spotlight''!]]
'''''The Transformers: Spotlight''''' (later '''''The Transformers Spotlight'''''), published since [[2006]], is an ongoing series of one-shot comics published by [[IDW Publishing]] and set in the primary [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]. Each issue focuses on a particular ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Transformer]]. The series was originally only to consist of 5 issues, but has since evolved into an annual set of 5 produced per year, at least through 2009. Due to the launch of their [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]], ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', and ''[[The Transformers: Bumblebee]]'' miniseries, it was briefly put on hold. The last Spotlight, "[[Spotlight: Prowl]]", was published in April [[2010]].<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/idw-publishings-andy-schmidt-answers-your-questions-about-idws-transformers-comics-168880/</ref>.

{{chapters|align=left|style=3|title=''Transformers: Spotlight'' issues:|content=
<div class="list-header">v1:</div>
* [[Spotlight: Shockwave|Shockwave]]
* [[Spotlight: Nightbeat|Nightbeat]]
* [[Spotlight: Hot Rod|Hot Rod]]
* [[Spotlight: Sixshot|Sixshot]]
* [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus]]

<br/><div class="list-header">v2:</div>
* [[Spotlight: Soundwave|Soundwave]]
* [[Spotlight: Kup|Kup]]
* [[Spotlight: Galvatron|Galvatron]]
* [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Spotlight: Ramjet|Ramjet]]

<br/><div class="list-header">v3:</div>
* [[Spotlight: Blaster|Blaster]]
* [[Spotlight: Arcee|Arcee]]
* [[Spotlight: Mirage|Mirage]]
* [[Spotlight: Grimlock|Grimlock]]
* [[Spotlight: Wheelie|Wheelie]]

<br/><div class="list-header">[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]:</div>
* [[Spotlight: Cyclonus|Cyclonus]]
* [[Spotlight: Hardhead|Hardhead]]
* [[Spotlight: Doubledealer|Doubledealer]]
* [[Spotlight: Sideswipe|Sideswipe]]

<br/><div class="list-header">[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]] v3:</div>
* [[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]]
* [[Spotlight: Jazz|Jazz]]
* [[Spotlight: Drift|Drift]]
* [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Spotlight: Metroplex|Metroplex]]

<br/><div class="list-header">v4:</div>
* [[Spotlight: Prowl|Prowl]]
}}

==Overview==
The ''Spotlight'' series is set within the main IDW storyline. The format allows more free-ranging story settings—many issues are set on alien worlds—and serve to give a wider view of the overall IDW Transformers universe. The issues set up future story ideas and plot points for the main IDW miniseries; many have eventually tied-in directly with the main storyline, with others obviously set to do so in the future.

Most of the issues have prominent co-stars, such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobot]]s in Shockwave's spotlight, and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] in Optimus Prime's story.

There is no absolute chronological order for all of the issues. Some, such as Galvatron and Optimus Prime, are set after specific events in the main story; others like Hot Rod and Nightbeat are not so clearly delineated, having happened an unspecified time ago. Still others (Shockwave, Soundwave) are flashbacks to a specific point in the recent or distant past.

A spotlight for [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] was planned but canceled. ''Spotlight'' will continue in 2010, starting off with "[[Spotlight: Prowl|Prowl]]".

===''Revelation Saga''===
{{main|Revelation (IDW)}}
The follow-up to ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', ''[[Revelation (IDW)|Revelation]]'' was played out through four ''Spotlight''s, focusing on [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Doubledealer]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. This four-parter marked the end of the "-tion" series "for the foreseeable".<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=3599</ref>

===''All Hail Megatron'' Vol. 3===
{{main|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron}}
Though much more loosely connected than the ''Revelation'' collection, the ''Spotlight''s for [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] were collected under the banner of ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' Vol 3. This was likely done to cash in on the popular (yet highly dividing) series. These stories provide some background of a few characters that appeared in the series, as well as things yet to come (in the case of Metroplex).

==Creative teams==
* Most of the ''Spotlight''s through volume 4 were written by [[Simon Furman]]. Exceptions are "Spotlight: Kup", written by [[Nick Roche]], "Spotlight: Ramjet", written by [[Stuart Moore]] and "Spotlight: Mirage", written by [[George Strayton]]. [[Klaus Scherwinski]] co-wrote "Spotlight: Wheelie" with Furman. When [[Shane McCarthy]] was brought on for ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', Furman's run seems to be in indefinite hiatus, with "Spotlight: Blurr", "Spotlight: Drift" and "Spotlight: Cliffjumper" being written by Shane McCarthy, ''Spotlight: Jazz'' by [[Josh van Reyk]] & [[Shaun Knowler]] and "Spotlight: Metroplex" by [[Andy Schmidt]]. The writer of the ongoing series, [[Mike Costa]], wrote "Spotlight: Prowl" The list of artists throughout the series is diverse (please see each issue for credits).

==Collections==
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight, Vol. 1'' TPB <small>([[May 30]], [[2007]]) ISBN 1600100686 / ISBN 978-1600100680</small>
:Collects Shockwave through Ultra Magnus. The spine bears the number '''1.'''
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight, Vol. 2'' TPB <small>([[February 20]], [[2008]]) ISBN 1600101542 / ISBN 978-1600101540</small>
:Collects Soundwave through Ramjet. The spine bears the number '''2.'''
:Includes covers art for each issue and bonus art for each issue.
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight, Vol. 3'' TPB <small>([[September 29]], 2008) ISBN 160010245X / ISBN 978-1600102455</small>
:Collects Blaster through Wheelie. The spine bears the number '''3.'''
:Includes covers art for each issue and bonus art for each issue. The cover is an unused incentive cover from "Spotlight: Grimlock".
* ''The Transformers Spotlight: Revelation'' TPB <small>([[February 4]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600104215 / ISBN 978-1600104213</small>
:Collects Cyclonus through Sideswipe. The spine bears the number '''4,''' putting it clearly in the ''Spotlight'' series rather than in the "-ation" series.
:Bonus material includes each A and B cover, and sketches of the 4-part image, Cyclonus, Nightbeat, Doubledealer (including a dragon-like alternate mode), [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] (the last 2 in robot and alt mode).
* ''All Hail Megatron, Vol. 3'' TPB <small>([[October 28]], 2009) ISBN 1600105416 / ISBN 978-1600105418</small>
:Collects Blurr through Metroplex. Instead of being Volume 5 of the Spotlights, the TPB is labeled as part of the ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' series. <ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=6344 IDW's October Solicitations]</ref>
:Bonus material includes the alternate covers of each issue, as well as art of each Throttlebot my Marcelo Matare. For some reason, the Drift and Cliffjumper issues were swapped from their original order.
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: The Premiere Collection]]'' Volume 1
:Includes the contents of ''Spotlight'' Volume 1 <small>([[December 12]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186 / ISBN 978-1600101182</small>
* ''The Transformers: The Premiere Collection'' Volume 2 <small>([[July 1]], 2009) ISBN 1600104371 / ISBN 978-1600104374</small>
:Includes the contents of ''Spotlight'' Volumes 2,3 and ''Revelation''.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One'' <small>(May 26, 2010) ISBN 978-1600106675</small>
:Collects Blurr, Cliffjumper, Shockwave, Nightbeat, Hot Rod, and Soundwave.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two'' <small>(October 6, 2010) ISBN 978-1600107511</small>
:Collects Sixshot, Ramjet, Ultra Magnus, Kup, Mirage, and Optimus Prime.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three'' <small>(March 2, 2011) ISBN 978-1600108563</small>
:Collects Galvatron, Blaster, Arcee, Grimlock, and Wheelie.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Four'' <small>(May 25, 2011) ISBN 978-1600109386</small>
:Collects Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer, Sideswipe, Drift, Metroplex, and Jazz.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Six'' <small>(May 1, 2012)</small>
:Collects Prowl.
* Six ''Spotlight'' issues were also library bound and available for sale through [[ABDO Publishing Group]] and its aptly named subsidiary, Spotlight.

==TPB covers (5)==
* '''Volume 1:''' A menacing Shockwave; re-use of [[Nick Roche]] and [[Rob Ruffolo]]'s art from the Retailer Summit cover for "Spotlight: Shockwave".
* '''Volume 2:''' Optimus Prime; re-use of [[Gabriel Rodriguez]]'s art from cover B of "Spotlight: Optimus Prime".
* '''Volume 3:''' T-Rex Grimlock bursts through an image of the Dynobots; unused art by [[Marcelo Matere]] from "Spotlight: Grimlock".
* '''Volume 4:''' Sideswipe and ''Revelation''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s major players; art by [[Nick Roche]]. Reuse of cover B art from "Spotlight: Sideswipe".
* '''''All Hail Megatron'' Volume 3:''' New art by [[Trevor Hutchison]] featuring the subject of each ''Spotlight'' (Blurr, Jazz, Drift, Cliffjumper and Metroplex). The blue parts were originally shown to be red in early solicitations but were changed just prior to the release.
<gallery>
Image:TF Spotlight v1.jpg|Volume 1
Image:TF Spotlight v2.jpg|Volume 2
Image:TF Spotlight v3.jpg|Volume 3
Image:TF Spotlight v4.jpg|Volume 4
Image:AHM v3.jpg|''All Hail Megatron'' Vol. 3
</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>

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[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

Spotlight: Optimus Prime

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' #9
|prev=Spotlight: Galvatron
|next=Spotlight: Ramjet
|seriesissue2
|prev2
|next2
|image=Spotlight_OptimusPrime_a.jpg
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight Optimus Prime"
|caption=[[Elita One|Does your man have an ass like mine?]]
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 29]], [[2007]]
|coverdate=August 2007
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Don Figueroa]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Escalation|Escalation]]
}}

'''Optimus Prime's search for answers about his predecessors leads to a dark discovery.'''

==Synopsis==
In the wake of his brush with death at [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s hands, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] is pensive. To find out more about [[Nova Prime|the sinister presence]] he felt while transferring his [[spark]] through [[infraspace]], he takes ''[[Ark-32]]'' and journeys to the [[Muta-Gaath Nebula]]—secret home of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Unfortunately, another ship observes his transit, its [[Pretender Monster|inhabitants]] vowing to destroy whoever is inside the asteroid base that Omega calls home.

Optimus Prime quizzes Omega Supreme about [[Nova Prime]]. He believes that he encountered Nova while in infraspace, and was filled with a sense of dread, something only Megatron and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] normally cause. Omega explains that Nova Prime felt that Cybertronians were superior to other life forms and had a duty to impress their likeness on the rest of the universe. Optimus surmises that the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' was not an exploratory vessel, but part of Nova's expansion, something Omega also suspected.

[[Image:Monstructor-idw1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Seriously. Forget Sunstreaker or Prowl. Give '''this''' guy a [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] toy.]]
But before they can further pursue the matter, [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] smashes his way in to Omega Supreme's domain. The enraged combiner robot has come for Omega Supreme; Monstructor makes short work of him, ripping off his cannon arm within seconds and nearly crushing him with a shuttlecraft. Optimus Prime's weapons are repelled by an energy-dampening field, so Prime blasts open an airlock, sucking all three of them into space.

Omega Supreme uses his rocket-engine arm to transport himself and Optimus Prime as far away as he can, but they both know Monstructor is hot on their heels. Prime demands answers, and Omega explains that Monstructor was an attempt by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], at Nova Prime's behest, to combine minds and bodies of a group of Transformers to enhance strength and intellect. But the process failed, and the combined form "devolved into a monster". After Jhiaxus and Nova Prime disappeared aboard the original ''Ark'', Omega locked Monstructor away in a dimensionally-displaced prison, an act which Prime finds reprehensible.

Further debate is ended as Monstructor's ship arrives, and the monster dives at them. Omega Supreme tells Optimus Prime that Monstructor has one weak spot, an area of his chest; unable to reason with the giant, Prime strikes the area, and Monstructor breaks apart into his components. Prime swears to the fallen robots that he will help them.

An Autobot cleanup crew arrives later, to restore Omega Supreme and take the Monstructor team prisoner. Omega warns Optimus Prime that if the gestalt technology falls into Megatron's hands, the result will be an all-consuming war. [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] takes the combiner robots away, leaving Optimus to reflect on the tarnished legacy of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] lineage.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (4)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (5)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] (9)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (10)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (18)
*[[Gunrunner (G1)|Gunrunner]] (19)
*[[Override (G1)|Override]] (20)
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (21)
*[[Dogfight]] (22)
*[[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] (23)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (24)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (25)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (26)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (27)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (28)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (7)

|c4=
* [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime/Nova Prime]] (8)
* [[Birdbrain]] (11)
* [[Bristleback]] (12)
* [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]] (13)
* [[Scowl]] (14)
* [[Slog]] (15)
* [[Wildfly]] (16)
* [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (17)
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Sentineltruck.gif|right|150px|thumb|Being Prime requires that your altmode have at least six wheels and a trailer. It's tradition.]]
* When Optimus talks about the Primes, we see a picture of their lineage (the ones before Nova are shadowed). This caused some confusion among fans when "[[Spotlight: Blurr]]" introduced the concept of [[Zeta Prime]], Sentinel's successor, even though this issue showed no Primes between Sentinel and Optimus; later, [[James Roberts]] would add in [[Nominus Prime]] between Nova and Sentinel!
* The issue includes 2 pages of sketches by [[Don Figueroa]]—one of Optimus Prime in several stages of transformation (though it's the transformation design of Masterpiece/Dreamwave Optimus, not the IDW one), and the other of the various alternate modes of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Nova Prime]].
* Among the Autobots reporting in to Prime at the issue's opening are:
:* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], presumably the one reporting on [[Spotlight: Kup|Kup's status]].
:* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], with a new lead on [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]—possibly implying that he [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|cut another deal with Swindle]].
:* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], making his first appearance in the IDWverse, wondering if anyone can hear him. The reason for his transmission would be shown almost a year later in [[Spotlight: Wheelie|his own ''Spotlight'']].
:* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] reporting [[Spotlight: Galvatron|Sideswipe's desire to follow up]] on [[Escalation issue 1|Sunstreaker's disappearance]].
* A similar scene starts off [[Escalation issue 1|''Escalation'' #1]].
* This issue establishes that the various combiner teams shown to date in the IDW universe ([[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s, [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], the odd [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]) aren't actually combiners yet.
* Colorist Josh Burcham made the vents on the butt of Optimus Prime's [[Ion blaster]] a sort of ammo gauge, based upon an idea from [[fandom]]. After each subsequent blast, the blue glow dips lower.
* Also, the [[Pretender Monster|Pretender Monsters]] are not [[Pretender]]s nor [[Decepticon]]s, as they were locked away before the Pretender process and factions were developed. {{storylink|The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer}} ''See [[IDW timeline]].''
* This issue further establishes that the Pretender Monsters are AWESOME and that Monstructor is a total bad-ass death machine. But we already knew that.
* This issue was reissued in December 2008 as a special 3-D edition, including a pair of cardboard unfoldable 3-D glasses.

===Errors===
* A strange conversation occurs among the Monstructor bots:

''Panel 1:''
:'''Unknown:''' Is it him?

''Panel 2:''
:'''Birdbrain:''' Only one sure way to find out.
:'''Bristleback:''' Which is?
:'''Birdbrain:''' ''Smash'' our way in...

''Panel 3:''
:'''Bristleback:''' ...and kill ''whoever'' and ''whatever'' we find inside!

*It's ''possible'' that Bristleback did indeed chime in with his two cents' worth (particularly given the intertwined nature of this team), but considering IDW's history of misattributed speech balloons, it also seems likely that Birdbrain and Bristleback's speech balloons got switched in the second panel. Whatever the case, the conversation was not altered for the trade paperback version.

===Covers (5)===
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus in spotlight; art by [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Josh Burcham]] (colors).
* '''Cover B:''' Optimus with gun; art by [[Gabriel Rodriguez]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored cover A
* '''Cover ComicNewsi.com:''' Optimus at console; art by [[Don Perlin]].
* '''3-D Cover:''' Optimus vs Monstructor; art by [[Hoon]].

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight_OptimusPrime_a.jpg|Spotlight: Optimus Prime's ass
Image:Spotlight_OptimusPrime_b.jpg|I need some low-fat Energon.
Image:Spotlight_OptimusPrime_ri.jpg|Cover RI
Image:Spotlight_OptimusPrime_perlin.jpg|Don Perlin cover
Image:Spotlight_OptimusPrime_3D.jpg|3D cover
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
* ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', including a 6-page preview
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* ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' (back cover)

===Reprints===
*[[2010]] — ''[[The Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime]]''
*2010 — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two]]''

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Optimus Prime]]

Spotlight: Mirage

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #13
|prev=Spotlight: Arcee
|next=Spotlight: Grimlock
|title="The Transformers Spotlight: Mirage"
|image=Spotlight Mirage a.jpg
|caption=To be, or not to be... a Decepticon.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[March 5]], [[2008]]
|coverdate=March 2008
|written by=[[George Strayton]]
|art by=[[Guido Guidi]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}
'''Somewhere in the multiverse, Mirage helps win the war for his allies... the Decepticons!'''

==Synopsis==
Mirage dreams of an explosion, Hound asking if he is all right, Starscream spearing Optimus Prime, himself injured, and himself in a mirror, and is disturbed that in the dream, he is an [[Autobot]].

[[Decepticon]] Mirage awakens and speaks via a comm channel to Megatron, who is waiting for Mirage to deliver his promise of Prime and the Autobots. Mirage bargains for a share in Megatron's [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] mining operations to ensure the end of the war.

In the [[Pegasus Star Cluster]], the battered Autobots are out of energon, but Hound is working with [[Zodiac]] energy, a source with cross-dimensional properties. Ratchet tends to an injured Jetfire. Bumblebee bypasses the security perimeter, and they open the blast door to let him in. Once in, he blasts the security system, revealing he is actually Mirage in disguise. With security down, the other Decepticons rush in, and the two sides do battle. Soundwave is beheaded by Hound, but Mirage takes Jetfire hostage, saying that he will spare his life if the Autobots surrender. Under initial protest by Hound, Prime surrenders after Mirage guarantees the safety of the others.

Mirage contacts Megatron and informs him of the news. Though Mirage states the Autobots should be treated as prisoners of war, Megatron insists that Mirage kill them or he won't get his payment. As Mirage prepares to spear Hound, Optimus Prime reminds Mirage of his conflict when he joined the Decepticons and how the two of them were friends before the war. Mirage grows angry and kills Hound, enraging Prime, who runs into Mirage and sends him crashing into the Zodiac energy chamber.

Mirage once again has a dream, similar to the one just before, but is disturbed that in the dream, he is a Decepticon. But of course, it is just a dream...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (6)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (7)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (12)
|c2=
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (1)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (8)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (9)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (11)
}}

== Errors ==
* It had been previously established that both the Autobots and the Decepticons had subsisted on an inferior artificial energon substitute ever since the exhaustion of the natural energon supply on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the abandonment of their home planet. In this issue, Mirage demanded from Megatron a majority share in energon mining operations after the war ended to help track the Autobots down. However, as that conversation was set in an alternate reality, it's possible that the Decepticons found other sources of natural energon to mine.

== Items of note ==
* How and when this issue fits into the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]] is up for debate. Mirage did come to Earth (as did Hound) in the year prior to ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. If the alternate Mirage's contact with the Zodiac did have an effect on IDW's main Mirage, that may have happened on Earth prior to the Autobots' exile to Cybertron, perhaps even during the last major skirmish with Megatron's forces seen in [[All Hail Megatron issue 7|issue #7]].
* After the story is an [[IDWords]] section about ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]''.

===Covers (2)===
* '''Cover A:''' 3 images of Mirage by Guido Guidi
* '''Cover RI:''' B&W sketch of cover A
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight_Mirage_a.jpg|Cover A
Image:SpotlightMirage coverRI.jpg|RI cover
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
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* ''[[Focus on Decepticons]]''
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* ''[[Classic Transformers]]'' [[Classic Transformers Volume 1|Volume 1]] TPB
* ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Ascending]]'' TPB
* ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006|Target 2006]]'' TPB
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' books
* ''Journey'', ''Crossfire'' and ''Licensable Bear<sup>TM</sup>'' comics
* ''Obscure: The Aftermath'' game
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===Reprints===
*[[2010]] — ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two]]''

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Mirage]]

Spotlight: Kup

2011-12-13T18:05:07Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #7
|prev=Spotlight: Soundwave
|next=Spotlight: Galvatron
|image=IDWSpotlight Kup cover.jpg
|caption=[[Zombie|The Dawn of the Dead]] or just [[Humanization|a bad dream]]?
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight Kup"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 25]], [[2007]]
|coverdate=April 2007
|written by=[[Nick Roche]]
|illustrated by=[[Nick Roche]]
|colors by=[[Andrew Elder]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Escalation|Escalation]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}
'''Kup is in danger. The threat? Himself.'''

==Synopsis==
A spaceship crash-lands on a desert planet covered in yellow crystals. Among the wreckage, a [[List of minor IDW characters|mechanoid survivor]] sees a vehicle approaching, which transforms into [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. However, Kup ignores his pleas for assistance and decapitates him with a club. From Kup's interior monologue, we learn that his spaceship also crashed on this planet, that he has no hope of being rescued, but that the strange crystals fill him with a sense of well-being so that he gives little thought to anything else. As the suns set, he returns to a makeshift shelter, which contains the remains of [[Outback (G1)|Outback]], a fellow survivor of the crash who was killed when a generator meltdown caused the crystals to go critical. Kup is clearly not in his right mind, as he has a conversation with Outback while wielding his severed arm as a weapon.

At night-time, as Kup powers down, [[Springer (G1)|an apparition]] emanates from Outback's corpse, informing Kup that "we're coming to get you!" Outside, Kup sees [[zombie]] robots, from which he defends himself until sunrise. In the daylight, he emerges and lies within the crystals, feeling himself becoming more alive. The following night, the 'zombots' reappear. With Kup having forgotten to secure his shelter's shutters, they easily enter. Kup fights them off with unforeseen strength. Only one escapes, fleeing as Kup's [[spark]]core threatens to go into meltdown.

The zombot is revealed to be [[Siren]], who, after returning to his ship via [[orbital jump]], angrily berates first [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and then [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] for the loss of his team and the pointlessness of the task. The radiation that has damaged Kup's mind also restricts his would-be rescuers to cumbersome protective armor that makes him think they are zombies, and any energy discharge, from their weapons or from Kup's damaged body, could detonate the crystals in a catastrophic chain reaction. Yet Springer, who is the 'ghost' attempting to communicate with Kup, is determined to rescue his former mentor because of what he and the entire [[Autobot]] army owe to his training. Both [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and Perceptor, in their respective ways, advise Springer to give up this quixotic quest before any more Autobots lose their lives, but then he learns that the 'specialist' he requested has arrived...

Once again at nightfall, the 'zombots' reappear, and once again Kup wreaks havoc among them—pushed over the edge by the accidental destruction of Outback's corpse, the exertion driving his sparkcore into meltdown again. However, the appearance of [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], minus rad-armor and protected by his forcefield, shocks Kup momentarily, permitting Trailbreaker to secure him and prevent disaster. Back on board the ''[[Ark-17]]'', Springer and Trailbreaker consider the situation—although Kup has been rescued, his mind is broken, his body is severely damaged and too outdated to repair, and his spark is being maintained by artificial means. Springer wonders whether bringing him back in this condition, and at the cost of so many other lives, was worth it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (1)
* [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] (2)
* [[Siren]] (3)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (4)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (5)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] (7)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (8)
}}

==Notes==
* A page was cut where Kup drives to a cliff every day to dump the "zombie" heads into a lake so they will stop staring at him. That was cut by Roche, not editorial... but only because another scene needed more room!<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9DPbginVXE Moonbase 2's AA2010 interview], 27:04 - 27:40</ref>
* The unnamed planet on which Kup and Outback crashed may be one of those seeded with [[Ultra-Energon]] by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] before the ruin of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As well as driving Kup insane, the energy from the crystals gives him immense power in a manner similar to [[Ultra-Energon|Ore-13]]. If so, this planet may be representative of all those seeded by Shockwave other than [[Earth]], since he was prevented by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] from stabilizing any of the other worlds.
* Kup—and his visions of zombies—are drawn in a different style from the "real world", such as the scenes on-board the ''Ark-17''. Kup's nightmarish world is rendered with messy black cross-hatching and shadowy splotches, colored with either primarily orange tones (for daylight) or blue (at night), and the panels are given thick, jagged borders. In contrast, the "real world" events are cleanly rendered and colored normally. When the two "worlds" collide with Trailbreaker's arrival, even the dinged-up Trailbreaker looks polished compared to the been-through-hell Kup.
[[Image:SpotlightKup Springersholograph.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''Always look on the briiiight side of death!'']]
* Springer makes reference to the events of the ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer]]'' series as being the reason he was late arriving on the scene.
* Outback dying in this story forced a change to the [[Megatron Origin issue 2|second issue of ''Megatron Origin'']], which was written semi-simultaneously but published after ''Spotlight: Kup'' was released. Outback and [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] had been written to be the first Autobot victims of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s illegal underground deathsports, which obviously would cause continuity problems. Thus, the creation of "[[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]]", who looks a hell of a lot like Outback but totally isn't, really.
* The issue includes 5 pages of sketches by [[Nick Roche]].
* Roche had the idea of writing an ''I Am Legend'' with Transformers, and Kup seemed like the best fit. He has also stated that due to concerns about trying to "dive in" to pre-existing continuity, he wrote the story as if it could be slotted into any continuity. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two]</ref>
* Years later, [[James Roberts]], Roche's partner on ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', would think up the [[Shimmer]], a ghostly green entity that Autobots believe visits you as a sign of oncoming death. Which Springer's hologram is often mistaken for. Hmmm...

===Errors===
* A bit of Trailbreaker's shoulder is clipping through Springer's on the final page.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' Kup attacks zombies; art by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]] (colors).
* '''Cover B:''' Kup in swamp; art by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).
* '''Cover RI-A:''' Uncolored cover A
* '''Cover RI-B:''' Uncolored cover B
<gallery>
Image:IDWSpotlight Kup cover.jpg|We'll get you, Kup!
Image:Spotlight Kup b.jpg|Kup, smelling swampy.
Image:Spotlight Kup ria.jpg|Cover RI-A
Image:Spotlight Kup rib.jpg|Cover RI-B
</gallery>

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==References==
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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Kup]]

Spotlight: Ultra Magnus

2011-12-13T18:04:54Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight|''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #5
|prev=Spotlight: Sixshot
|next=Spotlight: Soundwave
|image=Spotlight_UltraMagnus_a.jpg
|caption=Yep, I'm a [[Brick (term)|brick]].
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight Ultra Magnus"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 17]], [[2007]]
|coverdate=January 2007
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Robby Musso]]
|colors by=[[Kieran Oats]]
|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|~1988]]
}}

'''Ultra Magnus firmly believes in his duties. But how will he deal with violating one to achieve another?'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] apprehends the [[Decepticon]] criminal [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], blowing away [[Karzai Lorcha]]'s forces who are protecting him. However, Swindle decides to make Ultra Magnus a deal: his freedom in exchange for [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s location. Magnus realizes that Scorponok's capture would be far more important than Swindle's, and he knows that he would easily be able to catch Swindle the next time he got himself in trouble, then he could still get him to [[Decepticon High Justice]]. But is it enough for Magnus to violate the rules he enforces? Ultimately, Ultra Magnus agrees.

The information leads him to [[Nebulos]], where he finds that Scorponok is using businessman [[Zarak (G1)|Mo Zarak]]'s corporation, the [[Zarak Consortium]], as a front for his own activities. Using a [[holomatter]] disguise, Ultra Magnus penetrates into the very heart of the facility and discovers what appears to be a [[Nebulan]] whose [[Headmaster (technology)|body has been almost entirely re-engineered with Cybertronian technology]]; in short, a transforming Nebulan. Shortly after discovering this, his hologram is detected and destroyed, and Ultra Magnus reenters the facility via less subtle means. He encounters a group of Cybertronian drones—which are lacking heads. Defeating the drones, Magnus realizes that something serious is going on, and heads into the underground facility.

Once underground, Ultra Magnus offers Scorponok a chance to surrender, which is interrupted by an attack. Although Scorponok's usual modus operandi is to flee when discovered, he says that what he is working on is something "breathtaking", and Magnus cannot be allowed to interfere. In the ensuing battle, Mo Zarak, afraid that all his work will be lost, tries to stop Scorponok and is shot in the crossfire, revealing cybernetic components in his body. Ultra Magnus takes advantage of Scorponok's distraction at having seemingly killed Mo Zarak and shoots the Decepticon in the face. Scorponok, damaged and distraught over the loss of his research, flees through an artificial wormhole generator.

Twenty-nine stellar cycles later, Ultra Magnus finds himself taking Swindle into custody once more. As Swindle once again tries to bargain his way out of trouble, Ultra Magnus wonders just how many compromises he'll make in order to get Scorponok.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
|c2=
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (1)
* [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (4)
|c4=
* [[Karzai Lorcha]] (2)
* [[Zarak (G1)|Mo Zarak]] (5)
}}

==Notes==
* When Ultra Magnus re-arrests Swindle on the last page, he is reporting to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]; this report is seen during [[Escalation issue 1|''Escalation'' #1]].
* Magnus later reports to Optimus Prime in "[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]" that he has a new lead on Scorponok. Whether he got the lead by cutting another deal with Swindle remains unknown.
* Magnus's ship shares his color scheme.
* Scorponok is in scale with his [[Marvel Comics]] incarnation, rather than the cartoon where he was city-sized.
* As fully revealed in [[Devastation issue 6|''Devastation'' #6]], Scorponok's experiments on Nebulos would later be implemented on [[Earth]] under the guise of the [[Machination]].
* First appearance of [[cydraulic]]s and [[trauma-buffer]]s, terms for Transformer anatomy that have since moved into wider circulation.
* Swindle's stock of weapons includes an [[r-infinity accelerator]].

===Covers (4)===
{{picsneeded|RI covers}}
* '''Cover A:''' Magnus contacting Swindle; art by [[Klaus Scherwinski]].
* '''Cover B:''' Magnus in front of clouds; art by [[Robby Musso]] and colors by [[Kieran Oats]].
* '''Cover RI-A:''' cover A, uncolored
* '''Cover RI-B:''' cover B, uncolored

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight UltraMagnus a.jpg|Ok, I'll deal with that now.
Image:Spotlight Magnus b.jpg|Quit looking at my crotch.
Image:Spotlight Magnus ria.jpg|Cover RI-A
Image:Spotlight Magnus ria.jpg|Cover RI-B
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Ultra Magnus]]

Spotlight: Ramjet

2011-12-13T18:04:44Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' #10
|prev=Spotlight: Optimus Prime
|next=Spotlight: Blaster
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight Ramjet"
|image=Spotlight Ramjet a.jpg
|caption=I'm a sexy beast!
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[November 7]], [[2007]]
|coverdate=November 2007
|written by=[[Stuart Moore]]
|art by=[[Robby Musso]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] and [[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Escalation|Escalation]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}
'''Ramjet schemes to overthrow Megatron. Who knew the guy had it in him?'''

==Synopsis==
[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] diverts from his mission to meet with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in mid-flight. While speeding across the skies, Ramjet and Skywarp discuss the failings of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Ramjet boasts that he has the smarts to overthrow Megatron, and tries to enlist Skywarp. Skywarp gives him 24 hours to come up with a good plan, reminding him of the old Cybertronian saying, "Always bet on the leader." Ramjet checks in with his [[Mini-Constructicon]]s, who inform him that the [[Universal Cybertronic Tracker]] will be ready in 18 hours. Ramjet next contacts his [[Pentagon]]-employed [[facsimile construct|facsimile]] [[Harrison]] (who, due to inferior construction, appears dimwitted) and tells him to be prepared to deliver missile codes. Ramjet will use the missiles to devastate the [[United States of America|United States]].

As Megatron and his Decepticons begin their war in [[Brasnya]], Ramjet flies to the [[European Union Alternative Energy Research Center]] and drops fliers for an unspecified contest. A money symbol on the flier is actually a spy device which jumps off the paper and attaches itself to the computers of the Center's employees. Ramjet believes that someone at the Center will eventually develop a useful [[energon]] substitute. Meanwhile in Brasnya, Megatron delivers to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] the beating of his life.

Ramjet later returns to his Mini-Constructicons, and they have his device ready. When two of them ask for a taste of his power once he overthrows Megatron, Ramjet destroys them for their insolence. Harrison meets with Ramjet and delivers the codes, but his face is melting off due to his inferior creation. Ramjet boasts of his plans to his liquefying lackey, which include tracking all Cybertronians, acquiring his energon substitute, blowing up the United States, enslaving the [[Decepticon]]s and [[human]]s of [[Earth]], and using a [[superstring spacebridge]] to dominate the galaxy.

Unfortunately for Ramjet, Megatron arrives and beats him mercilessly, ripping out his [[spark]] before tearing him limb from limb. He scatters Ramjet's parts at Ramjet's base, Harrison's office at the Pentagon, and the Energy Research Center, indicating that he knew about Ramjet's plans in detail. Megatron keeps Ramjet's head as a trophy and an object lesson for his other troops. Behind him, Skywarp echoes his earlier statement, "Always bet on the leader."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (1)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (2)
*[[Mini-Constructicon]]s (3)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (6)
*[[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (9)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (10)
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Hunter O'Nion]] (12)
*[[Jimmy Pink]] (13)
*[[Verity Carlo]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Harrison]] (5)
*[[Georgi Koska]] (7)
}}

==Notes==
* This issue takes place after the ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' miniseries, and is written by the same author.
* The timeframe of the issue corresponds with the events in the ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' series.
* Apparently, IDW Transformers can fart (page 7). In general terms, this is [[Humanization|not a new development]].
* As Harrison collapses to the ground, it can also be seen that his car is wrecked and smoking. This is not explained, though it seems likely that the barely-functional facsimile is a terrible driver, given that it can only speak in rudimentary grunts. (It's also nicely symbolic of how everything around Ramjet was about to turn to crap.)
* This issue has the first mention of a space bridge in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]].
* Given how the Decepticons are so keen on keeping themselves hidden from the planet's populace they infiltrate, it is quite unexpected that Megatron throws parts of Ramjet around the globe (thereby giving humans access to Cybertronian technology as well).
* Following the story are two pages of sketches by [[Robby Musso]].
* This is the first ''Spotlight'' issue that does not appear to be part of a larger storyline. While other ''Spotlights'' have answered questions raised in previous issues, brought up mysteries that created new questions, or introduced future plot developments, this one seems to be relatively self-contained. The only references to the rest of the storyline exist merely for chronological placement. However, [[Simon Furman]] mentioned on his blog that Ramjet may show up again.<ref>http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/script-wrap-14/#comment-1692</ref>
* We never do find out how Megatron discovered Ramjet's plans. Ramjet seemed to cover his tracks pretty well and never really did anything that would alert Megatron. In fact the only being who knew about Ramjet's plans (other then Harrison and the Mini-Constructicons of course) was Skywarp. Hmmmm.

===Errors===
* The size of the text in this issue is considerably smaller than the norm.
* On page 17, in the first speech bubble, the sentence is unfinished.

===Covers (3)===
{{picsneeded|RI cover}}
* '''Cover A:''' Ramjet, robot and alternate modes by [[Robby Musso]] and [[Kieran Oats]] (colors).
* '''Cover B:''' Ramjet, Megatron and Skywarp by [[Guido Guidi]] and [[Josh Burcham]] (colors).
* '''Cover RI:''' Cover A, uncolored sketch
<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Ramjet a.jpg|Cover A
Image:Spotlight Ramjet b.jpg|And he would have gotten away with it if it weren't for <s>you pesky kids</s> Megatron's head hovering behind him the whole time.
Image:Spotlight Ramjet ria.jpg|RI Cover
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Ramjet]]

Spotlight: Sixshot

2011-12-13T18:04:31Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers: Spotlight |''The Transformers: Spotlight'']] #4
|prev=Spotlight: Hot Rod
|next=Spotlight: Ultra Magnus
|image=Spotlight_Sixshot_a.jpg
|caption=Sixshot and his playmates
|title="The Transformers: Spotlight: Sixshot"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 20]], [[2006]]
|coverdate=December 2006
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Rob Ruffolo]]
|colors by=[[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Infiltration|various]]
}}

'''Sixshot, an engine of destruction, meets a group just like him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Sixshot]] is stationed on a [[Decepticon]] orbital outpost waiting for his next assignment. He's restless, itching to get back to doing what he does best—wide-scale destruction. He daydreams about the last stellar-span when he destroyed the entire world of [[Ys'Devian]].

Most of the other Decepticons stationed with him are uncomfortable around him and avoid him out of fear. The only exception to this is a unit that call themselves the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], who look up to Sixshot as a kind of role model. However, Sixshot hasn't seen them around in a while and misses their company, so he asks [[Squawkbox]] about their whereabouts. Squawkbox informs him that they went missing on the planet [[Mumu-Obscura]], a planet of strategic importance that has fallen to the [[Reaper]]s. Sixshot immediately leaves to investigate, traveling there in spaceship mode.

Upon arrival at Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot easily fights his way through the Reapers' automated perimeter defenses. He surveys the landscape to find it completely devastated. He is met by the Reapers and the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] welcomes him to their planet. Sixshot wastes no time in asking for the Terrorcons, but the deathbringer tells Sixshot that he will have to go through the Reapers to get to them. Sixshot then attacks without hesitation.

He fights the Reapers one by one, believe that he's holding his own, but when the Reapers kick the fight up a notch, he has to retreat to regroup. It is then that Sixshot guesses that the Reapers were testing him and returns to find them all waiting for him. The Reapers teleport in the Terrorcons, and the Deathbringer tells Sixshot about the mission of the Reapers: The Reapers seek to end war by totally obliterating any location that has strategic importance, which will destroy anything worth fighting over. The Deathbringer offers to let Sixshot join them if he will first destroy the Terrorcons, demonstrating that he has left his old life behind.

Sixshot considers the offer long enough for the Terrorcons to get nervous and plead with him out of friendship. Sixshot then takes off into the air, shooting the ground around the Terrorcons but sparing their lives. The Deathbringer allows them to leave, but vows that they will find Sixshot again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c2=
* [[Sixshot]] (1)
* [[Spectro]] (2)
*[[Spyglass]] (3)
* [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] (4)
* [[Squawkbox]] (5)
*[[Pounce]] or [[Wingspan]] (6)
*[[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] (7)
* [[Hun-Gurrr]] (14)
* [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (15)
* [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (16)
* [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]] (17)
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (18)

|h4=[[Reaper]]s|c4=
* [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] (8)
* Invertebrate Reaper (9)
* [[Ravenous]] Reaper (10)
* Designer weapon of mass destruction Reaper (11)
* [[Klaxa]] (12)
* Hooded Reaper (13)
}}

==Notes==
*Spectro and Spyglass appear in toy-based character models. In "[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]", they have adopted character models based on the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].
* On the first page, Sixshot's guns make a ZARAAAK sound, possibly an in-joke reference to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Nebulan]] partner [[Mo Zarak]], who appears in the following ''Spotlight'' comic.
* Aside from appearing on Rob Ruffolo's cover, Sixshot doesn't use his "armored car" mode in this issue.
* This marks the first time that Simon Furman has used the Sixshot character in his fiction.

===Covers (4)===
{{picsneeded|RI covers}}
* '''Cover A:''' Sixshot with Terrorcons; art by [[James Raiz]].
* '''Cover B:''' Sixshot, multiple modes; art by [[Rob Ruffolo]].
* '''Cover RI-A:''' cover A, uncolored
* '''Cover RI-B:''' cover B, uncolored

<gallery>
Image:Spotlight Sixshot a.jpg|Terrorcons, terrorize!
Image:Spotlight Sixshot b.jpg|6 toys in one!
Image:Spotlight Sixshot ria.jpg|Cover RI-A
Image:Spotlight Sixshot ria.jpg|Cover RI-B
</gallery>

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Sixshot]]

The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two

2011-12-13T18:01:46Z

192.249.47.196: /* Contents */ making the list line up all neat-like

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|The Transformers]]''
|prev=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One
|next=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Three
|image=IDWCollection2.jpg
|title=''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two''
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 6]], [[2010]]
|writers=[[Simon Furman]], [[Stuart Moore]], [[Nick Roche]] & [[George Strayton]]
|artists=[[Don Figueroa]], [[Guido Guidi]], [[Robby Musso]], [[Nick Roche]], [[Rob Ruffolo]] & [[E. J. Su]] (cover)
|colours=[[Zac Atkinson]], [[Josh Burcham]], [[Andrew Elder]], [[Kieran Oats]], [[John Rauch]] & [[Rob Ruffolo]]
|letterers=[[Chris Mowry]], [[Robbie Robbins]], [[Neil Uyetake]] & [[Sulaco Studios]]
|editors=[[Andrew Steven Harris]], [[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]]
|pagecount=374
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|price=$49.99 USD
|ISBN=ISBN 1600107516<br>ISBN 978-1600107511
}}
'''''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two''''', published by [[IDW Publishing]], is the second in a series of hardcovers aiming to reprint the IDW Transformers stories in a "suggested reading order" up through ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''. New cover art (of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]) is provided by [[E. J. Su]].

==Contents==
* ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'': [[Spotlight: Sixshot|Sixshot]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Ramjet|Ramjet]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Kup|Kup]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Mirage|Mirage]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]]

== Notes ==
Like in ''[[The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One|Volume One]]'', the ''Spotlight'' placements aren't 100% ideal. Ramjet's story overlaps segments of ''Escalation'', so placing it right after that arc may have been preferable. Perhaps more out of place is Ultra Magnus's ''Spotlight'', which takes place in approximately 1988. It would have fit better following [[Spotlight: Soundwave|''Spotlight'': Soundwave]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:IDW Collection Volume 2}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One

2011-12-13T18:01:01Z

192.249.47.196: /* Contents */ feels weird dropping them for the other ones

{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|The Transformers]]''
|next=The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume Two
|image=IDWCollection1.jpg
|title=''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One''
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 26]], [[2010]]
|writers=[[Simon Furman]], [[Eric Holmes]] & [[Shane McCarthy]]
|artists=[[Mark Bright|MD Bright]], [[Casey Coller]], [[Marcelo Matere]], [[Alex Milne]], [[Robby Musso]], [[Nick Roche]], [[E. J. Su]] (cover)
|colours=[[Josh Burcham]], [[Joana Lafuente]], [[Josh Perez]], [[John Rauch]], [[Rob Ruffolo]] & [[Liam Shalloo]]
|letterers=[[Tom B. Long]], [[Chris Mowry]], [[Robbie Robbins]], [[Neil Uyetake]] & [[Sulaco Studios]]
|editors=[[Andrew Steven Harris]], [[Chris Ryall]], [[Andy Schmidt]], [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]], [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|pagecount=392
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]]
|price=$49.99 USD
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106676<br>ISBN 978-1600106675
}}
'''''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One''''', published by [[IDW Publishing]], is the first of a series of hardcovers aiming to reprint the IDW Transformers stories in a "suggested reading order" up through ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''. New cover art (of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]) is provided by [[E. J. Su]].

==Contents==
* ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin]]''
* ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'': [[Spotlight: Blurr|Blurr]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Cliffjumper|Cliffjumper]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Shockwave|Shockwave]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Nightbeat|Nightbeat]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Hot Rod|Hot Rod]]
* ''The Transformers: Spotlight'': [[Spotlight: Soundwave|Soundwave]]
* ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration]]''

==Notes==
* The placement of Nightbeat's ''Spotlight'' issue is odd, as it takes place ''after'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] has arrived at (or at least is aware of) [[Earth]]. It is ''certainly'' after the events of ''Spotlight'': Soundwave, which takes place in [[1984]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:IDW Collection Volume 1}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic compilations]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

The Transformers: Infiltration

2011-12-13T17:59:32Z

192.249.47.196: /* Collections */

{{disambig2|the IDW comic series|the protocol out of the Decepticon invasion handbook|infiltration protocol}}
[[Image:Infiltration_tpb.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Buy this book, or I'll kill you, man!]]
'''''The Transformers: Infiltration''''' is the first in a line of miniseries by [[IDW Publishing]] set in a re-booted [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|Generation 1 continuity]]. The series brings the Transformers' presence on [[Earth]] into the present day and places the "robots in disguise" concept firmly in the forefront of its narrative.

It is issues #0–6 in the IDW overarching "sub-numbering" (shown in later series by a number in an Autobot-sigil shaped shield beside the bar code on each issue—''Stormbringer'' picks up with #7), and was originally published between October, [[2005]] and July, [[2006]].

{{chapters |style=3 |next=The Transformers: Stormbringer
|title=''The Transformers: Infiltration'' issues: |content=
* [[Infiltration issue 0|#0]]
* [[Infiltration issue 1|#1]]
* [[Infiltration issue 2|#2]]
* [[Infiltration issue 3|#3]]
* [[Infiltration issue 4|#4]]
* [[Infiltration issue 5|#5]]
* [[Infiltration issue 6|#6]]
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==Overview==
The most immediate shift from original continuity is the nature of the Transformers' presence on Earth. In this continuity, there was no ancient starship crash, nor robots awakening from a four million-year slumber; the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s have arrived on Earth fairly recently and on purpose, operating undercover for at least four years. The story is told through the eyes of four main characters: [[Verity Carlo]], a young drifter; [[Hunter O'Nion]], a conspiracy theorist; [[Jimmy Pink]], mechanic and Verity's net-friend; and [[Ratchet (G1)#IDW_Comics_continuity|Ratchet]], a medic who puts his conscience over his mission.

The series quickly and consistently establishes a strong Cold War, cloak-and-dagger theme, where secrecy and rules of espionage are as important as, or perhaps even more than, vanquishing the enemy. [[Thundercracker_(G1)#IDW_Comics_continuity|Thundercracker]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s attack the humans and Ratchet to retrieve data on [[SM-40|a palmtop PC]] that might reveal their existence; Ratchet is arrested by [[Prowl_(G1)#IDW_Comics|Prowl]] for breaking cover to rescue the humans; both Autobot and Decepticon operations are small cells instead of full-fledged armies. Also, a third faction is at work: a secret human organization known only as the [[Machination]] which appears to be aware of the Transformers' presence on Earth and has its own plans, as yet unknown, for the robots. Finally, it becomes evident to the Autobots that the Decepticon operation is up to something unusual, and their new human allies may have a part in unraveling the mystery.

The series has taken an interesting and rather unique approach to the standard ''Transformers'' story: introducing only a few new characters with each issue. This enables each issue to focus on a small selection of leads (Ratchet, the humans and later [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]) without overwhelming them and gives each issue space to explore their characters.

The series culminates in a battle between [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who leads the Decepticons on Earth, and the recently arrived [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] attempting to put his house in order. Their animosity seems to be a constant in any Transformers continuity!

==Creative team==
''Infiltration'' was scripted by long-time Transformer writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciled by [[E. J. Su]]. The two also worked together on multiple follow-up miniseries including ''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]''.

==Notes==
* Each of ''Infiltration''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s seven issues were released in a choice of multiple covers—some issues had as many as ten. As this was apparently too many to include in the normal trade paperback, IDW released an ''Infiltration'' cover gallery book which included every cover.

==Collections==
[[Image:Infiltration manga.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manga cover]]
* ''Infiltration'' TPB <small>([[September 27]], 2006) ISBN 1600100104</small>
:Bonus material includes sketch art by E. J. Su. It bears the number #1 on its side.
* ''Infiltration'' Manga <small>([[December 13]], 2006) ISBN 1600100198</small>
* ''[[The Transformers: The Premiere Collection|The Transformers: Premiere Collection Volume 1]]'' <small>([[December 12]], 2007) ISBN 1600101186</small>
:Hardcover collection of ''Stormbringer'' and other IDW stories.
* ''The Transformers: The IDW Collection Volume One'' <small>(May 26, 2010) ISBN 978-1600106675</small>


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